Sorry if I didn't give enough info I am new to all this!
All I can tell you is that I have my Grandfather's birth cert (1889) on which his father's occupation was "coal miner" and my Grandfather's marriage cert (1908) on which his father is marked as "deceased", and was a "miner".
A record on the Family Search web site (1881 census) shows him as being aged 26 and married (no children at this stage) living in Cornsay, Durham. The 1901 census shows 4 children and his wife is shown as a widow (no entry for him), and they were living in Lanchester.
As the 4th, and last child - my grandfather was born in 1889 and she is a widow by the 1901 census so I am assuming he died within that timescale.
What I would like is to find his date of birth (and get a cert if there was one then, if not a copy of the scanned records), his marriage certificate and his date of death with a copy of any cert. or record.
LAW Jane Head Widow 52 Newcastle on Tyne John Son S 2? Coal Miner DUR Waterhouses HODGSON Sarah J Daur Widow 32 YKS Barnsley Edward GrSon 9 DUR Cornsay John GrSon 7 DUR Cornsay Thomas GrSon 3 DUR Kelloe Joseph GrSon 2 DUR Kelloe
Regards
Helen K
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