Thread: Mining

Hello all,



Was just wondering if any of you fantastic people out there maybe able to help, as nearly all my family was miners, and worked in Glasshoughton, Fryston and Weldale Pits, i was wondering if there would be anywhere where they would keep records of the employers. I have some ancesters that aparently came from Wales and they are being very elusive but i know that they worked in the mines, I have been looking in the wales census but finding my gggrandad with the surname Evans is like finding a needle in a hay stack im not sure what to do now.



any help would be great



Di

Hi Di



What have you got so far? Christian names, DOBs on specific people? There are some pit employee records around but would help if you can give some dates to establish the period that you are looking for - Tell us what you have got and what you haven't and lets go from there

Hi Di,



Neil123 has added a new link to the link and tips forum. There are others there also but mainly have names of those that died.

So far all i have is that my ggrandad was born in 1886, as said not sure where, I have been told he was born in wales but know one knows where, he married in 1913 at whitwood parish, Castleford. His name is Josiah Evans, he died in 1965 in Cutsyke, Castleford. His father was also called josiah Evans.



I have no idea what my ggrandad's mother was called, so im a bit stuck there, i did take a guess and thourght if he married in Castleford and died there then he obviously moved up to yorkshire and his dad was present at his marriage, so i checked the castleford cemetery's and there is only two josiah's burried in castleford mine and another that i could persume is his father. if this is the case then the possible father did not come from Wales but Staffordshire, and my ggrandad was actually born in Normanton according to the census that i have followed through (again this is just guess work) as the remaining family members are sure he was born in Wales.



Guess thats why i wanted to know about the employers records to see if i could find him and try to confirm where he was from.



thanks for helping



Di

Hi Di



This is your GGrandad’s Marriage Index Record



Marriages Jun 1913



Evans Josiah Williamson Pontefract Vol: 9c Pg: 228

Williamson Marion Evans Pontefract Vol: 9c Pg: 228



This is the only birth on BMD for a Josiah Evans registered in Wales in 1886 - Do you know if your GGrandad had a middle name?



Births Sep 1886



Evans Josiah Rees Pontardawe Vol: 11a Pg: 704



The district Pontardawe spans the boundaries of the counties of Breconshire and Glamorgan

As far as i know he had no middle name, that is the marriage index tho

Well Josiah Evans should be easier to trace than John Evans and Evan Evans which are my ex's family names!



Welsh history is a nightmare, ex has precisely half the surnames in his tree that I have, on his Welsh side. Whole streets on the census have dozens of people with the same names, impossible to tell if they are related or not or which family is the right one!!!

Hi Diane,



There is this familly on the 1911 census. It may be worth you buying some credits to enable you to look at the original sheet.



They were living in Pontefract.



Josiah Evans age 60

Josiah Evans age 25

Lilly Evans age 23

John Evans age 20

If the above is your family, then I think this could be them in 1891. With the two Josiah's enumerated as Joseph. Joseph senior was a coal miner, born Milford Staff's. Mary senior was born Wolverhampton. All the children Normanton, except John - Ackton.



Name: Joseph Evans Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Gender: Male Where born: Milford, Staffordshire, England Civil parish: Ackton Ecclesiastical parish: Featherstone Town: Ackton County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England



Joseph Evans 40 Mary Evans 40 Mary A Evans 14 Clara Evans 10 Florrie Evans 8 Joseph Evans 5 Lily Evans 3 John Evans 5

If Slizzy is right then this is them in 1901



1901 Census



Name: Joseph Evans

Age: 15

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886

Relation: Son

Father's Name: Joseph

Mother's Name: Mary

Gender: Male Where born: Normanton Comm, Yorkshire,

England Civil parish: Glass Houghton

Ecclesiastical parish: Castleford All Saints

Town: Glass Houghton County/Island: Yorkshire

Country: England

Registration district: Pontefract

Sub-registration district: Castleford

ED, institution, or vessel: 7



Household Members:

Name, Age

Joseph Evans, 50

Mary Evans, 50

Clara Elizth Evans, 20

Joseph Evans, 15

Lily Evans, 13

John Evans, 10