Edward Cecil McQuillen 1899- 1956

Apprentice Blacksmith, served in WW1 1917-1918, then a Miner, for a year or two at Chevington Drift, but then as a shot firer at Ellington Pit from 1920 -1956

Lived in Amble until he married. Then settled in- or around - Ashington/Lynemouth by 1920. Died Lynemouth

1899 . Edward Cecil McQuillen was born to parents Henry McQuillen & Margaret Isabella Finley on 4/10/1899 at 51 Gordon Street, Amble . He a Journeyman Blacksmith . He was baptised Amble on 2/11/1899-Ancestry. 4 Siblings

1901C. Edward C McQuillen, 1, is living with his parents and 3 siblings at 51 Gordon Street, Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland

Henry	McQuillen	Head	Married	Male	37	1864	Blacksmith	Lesbury, Northumberland, England
Margaret	McQuillen	Wife	Married	Female	37	1864	-	Longhoughton, Northumberland, England
Henry	McQuillen	Son	-	Male	11	1890	-	Lesbury, Northumberland, England
Thomas F	McQuillen	Son	-	Male	8	1893	-	Amble, Northumberland, England
Alice M M	McQuillen	Daughter	-	Female	4	1897	-	Amble, Northumberland, England
Edward C	McQuillen	Son	-	Male	1	1900	-	Amble, Northumberland, England

1911C. Edward C McQuillen, 11, is living with his parents and 4 siblings at 51 Gordon Street, Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland

Henry	McQuillen	Head	Married	Male	Colliery Horseshoer	47	1864	Northd Lesbury
Mart Isa	McQuillen	Wife	Married	Female	-	47	1864	Northd Longhoughton
Henry	McQuillen	Son	Single	Male	Stonemason	21	1890	Northd Lesbury
Thomas Finley	McQuillen	Son	Single	Male	Coal Miner Driver Underground	18	1893	Northd Amble
Alice M M	McQuillen	Daughter	-	Female	-	14	1897	Northd Amble
Edward C	McQuillen	Son	-	Male	School	11	1900	Northd Amble
Isa Evelyn	McQuillen	Daughter	-	Female	School	8	1903	Northd Amble

1915. As Edward entered employment, aged 15, he had to provide a record of his birth to gain work as a Blacksmith, following in his father's footsteps . His address still 51 Gordon Street, Amble

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1917. Edward McQuillan enlists. His WW1 record . One document gives his occupation as 'blacksmith horseshoes', but another gives miner

1918- autumn. Edward Cecil McQuillan - 137324 Pte. 87 T. R. Bat.- is on the absent voters list , at 51 Gordon Street, Amble . His two brothers, Henry Mcquillen, jnr, & Thomas Finley McQuillen are also on it

1919-1920. Likely returned to being a miner, working at Chevington Drift- this just to the south of Amble. His future father in law, George Sanderson, was probably a miner there

1920. Edward C McQuillen, 20, miner, married Isabella Sanderson , 19, on 12/4/1920 in Chevington Church. Her father, George Sanderson, miner. His father, Henry McQuillen, blacksmith. His address Gordon Street, Amble. Hers Linhope Terrace, presumably Chevington .Witnesses John D Sanderson, Isabella's brother, b.1887, & Evelyn McQuillen, his sister, b.1903.

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Chevington Church

1920. Their only child, Annie S McQuillen was born Ashington 17/7/1920 - a quick birth! .

So by 1920 Edward had moved with his wife down to the Ashington/Lynemouth area- ~17 k to the south . Thus leaving Chevington Drift Colliery and likely from then on working at Ellington Pit

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1939. Edward C McQuillen is living with Isabella, plus 1 other- record still closed, ie, person born after 1915- , at 3 Eden Terrace, Lynemouth, Morpeth . Isabella born 19/9/1900, unpaid domestic duties, he born 14/10/1899, colliery deputy [below] heavy worker- FMP 1939 Electoral register. Closed record likely that of their daughter Annie.

During the war the house was damaged by a bomb- from Pat .

1943. His only child , Annie S McQuillen, marries William Mann Jun 1943

1943. Still living at 3 Eden Terrace, Lynemouth when Granny Floyd dies there on 22/11/1943

Isabella, Granny Floyd & Edward in the early 1940s . His war record gave him as 5ft 7 ins, so his wife and Granny Floyd must have been very small!

I do remember hearing about Chevington Drift as a child perhaps that's where my grandfather- Edward - worked as a young man but he was a "shot firer"- a miner who loads and fires drill holes- in Ellington Pit when I was a child.

2005: The last day at Ellington Pit

~1947-1956. He was a "shot firer" in Ellington Pit. But he was receiving radio therapy treatment for Lung Cancer from ~ 1951, so might not have been able to work a lot of the time from then - but Pat thinks he would have still received money from the Mine Company

His daughter, Annie Mann, moved from Newbiggin to 71 Albion Terrace, Lynemouth around 1951- to help whist he was receiving treatment for cancer

Pat's recollections of him, 1950-1956: He was a wonderful man, could always find the first spring flowers, see birds nests with tiny chicks, everything to do with nature he had a great interest in. Every Sunday, with my dog Dincy we walked to Cresswell & back, always an adventure, finding special things.

 

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Isabella & Edward with baby Pat 1947 . . . . . . .Edward & Isabella

 

1956. Edward C McQuillen, 56, colliery deputy overman, died , intestate, on 27/1/1956 at 3 Eden Terrace Lynemouth Northumberland, leaving £506, probate to his widow, Isabella. Cause of death was Carcinoma of the lung. Informant was W. Mann, his son in law, of 71 Albion Terrace Lynemouth

3 Eden Terrace Lynemouth was sold in 2011 for £34000

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Location of his house. His daughter, Annie Mann, lived in 71 Albion Terrace- just to the left of Boland Rd on above map- from ~1951-1963

The cream painted house is the rear of 3 Eden Terrace - Pat recognized this.

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