Thomas Watson
(Born: 1844)
Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual,
but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors
and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the
individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have
been other positions for which we currently do not have details.
Census
Address: Sleepy Hill House, Wingate
(Ref: RG11/4970/6/5)
| Name |
Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
|---|
| WATSON, Thomas |
37 |
Head |
Mar |
Mining Engineer |
DUR: Houghton Le Spring |
| WATSON, Anne M. |
36 |
Wife |
Mar |
|
NBL: Corbridge |
| WATSON, Thomas B. |
4 |
Son |
|
|
DUR: Wingate |
| WATSON, Anne M. |
2 |
Dau |
|
|
DUR: Wingate |
| WATSON, Florence E. |
1 |
Dau |
|
|
DUR: Wingate |
| BLANDFORD, Mary |
72 |
Mother |
Wid |
|
NBL: Newcastle On Tyne |
| GARBUTT, Elizabeth |
21 |
Serv |
Unn |
General Servant |
DUR: Sedgefield |
| BURN, Elizabeth |
20 |
Serv |
Unn |
Nurse Maid |
NBL: Newcastle On Tyne |
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 525: Trimdon Grange - Watson, Thomas, Mining Engineer, Trimdon Coal Co., Trimdon Colliery
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 791: Trimdon - Watson, Thomas, Agent Trimdon Coal Co. Ltd.
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Page 791: Trimdon - Watson, Thomas, Colliery Agent, Wingate House
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Page 793: Wingate - Watson, Thomas, Agent Deaf Hill Colliery (Trimdon Coal Co.), Wingate House
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Membership
1896-1897, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Trimdon Colliery, Trimdon Grange.
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Membership
1919-1920, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Trimdon Colliery, County Durham.
Colliery Staff Positions held
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
- Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
- Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
Research Notes for
Thomas Watson
