George Sanderson 1859-1919
Son of a Coal Miner & a Coal Miner himself
Lived around Berwick until after 1871. Then moved, with his newly remarried father & siblings, south to Chevington. Marries Tynemouth in 1882, still in Chirton in 1891, but up north to Togston by 1901 and then slightly south back to Chevington in 1911
Only Ancestry trees are Casson/Percival and JongBloed- the former largely correct but incomplete & the latter mainly rubbish!
1859 . George Sanderson is born to John Sanderson & Jane Thompson on 8/7/1859 at Scremerston Lodge Ancroft
1861C. George Sanderson is living Scremerston, Berwick with his parents, 3 sisters & his maternal grandmother
| John | Sanderson | Head | Married | Male | 31 | 1830 | Coal Miner | Norham, Northumberland, England | |
| Jane | Sanderson | Wife | Married | Female | 29 | 1832 | Coal Miners Wife | Ford, Northumberland, England | |
| Elizabeth | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 6 | 1855 | Scholar | Ancroft, Northumberland, England | |
| Ann | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1857 | - | Ancroft, Northumberland, England | |
| George | Sanderson | Son | - | Male | 1 | 1860 | - | Ancroft, Northumberland, England | |
| Margaret | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1861 | - | Ancroft, Northumberland, England | |
| Elizabeth | Thompson | Mother In Law | Widow | Female | 71 | 1790 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Chatton, Northumberland, England |
1867. Mother dies . Jane Sanderson, aged 35, dies Berwick Jun 1867. His brother Alexander is born this quarter
1870. His father remarries. John Sanderson marries Elizabeth Dixon Berwick Jun 1870
1871C. George Sanderson is living Parsonage, Ancroft, Berwick with his parents & 5 siblings. Father John a miner
| John | Sanderson | Head | - | Male | 41 | 1830 | - | Norham Northumberland, | |
| Elizabeth | Sanderson | Wife | - | Female | 31 | 1840 | - | Tweedmouth Northumberland, | |
| Elizabeth | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 16 | 1855 | - | Ancroft Northumberland, | |
| Ann | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 14 | 1857 | - | Northumberland, | |
| George | Sanderson | Son | - | Male | 11 | 1860 | - | Northumberland, | |
| Margaret | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 10 | 1861 | - | Northumberland, | |
| Alexander | Sanderson | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1868 | - | Northumberland, | |
| Jane Dixon | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1871 | - | Northumberland, |
1881C. George Sanderson, 21, coal miner, is living East Chevington Farm, Chevington, Morpeth with his parents & 3 siblings. Spittel only just N of Scremerston. Tweedmouth = Spittal, both just S of Berwick
| John | Sanderson | Head | Married | Male | 51 | 1830 | Coal Miner | Northumberland, England | |
| Elizth | Sanderson | Wife | Married | Female | 50 | 1831 | - | Northumberland, England | |
| George | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | 21 | 1860 | Coal Miner | Spittal, Northumberland, England | |
| Margt | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | 20 | 1861 | - | Scremerston, Northumberland, England | |
| Alex | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | 13 | 1868 | Farm Lab | Scremerston, Northumberland, England | |
| Elizth | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | 7 | 1874 | Scholar | Scremerston, Northumberland, England |
1882. George Sanderson marries Ann Brookbank Tynemouth Sep 1882
1891C George Sanderson, 31, general labourer, is living Chirton with his wife & 3 children
| George | Sanderson | Head | Married | Male | 31 | 1860 | General Labourer | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| Ann | Sanderson | Wife | Married | Female | 26 | 1865 | - | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| John Dum | Sanderson | Son | - | Male | 4 | 1887 | - | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| Jane | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1889 | - | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| Margaret | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1891 | - | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| William | Strachan | Boarder | Widower | Male | 49 | 1842 | Engine Fitter | Scotland |
Ann & George have the following children: John Dunn Sanderson 1887, Jane Sanderson 1889, Margaret Sanderson 1891, Ann Sanderson 1894, twins George Sanderson & Alexander Sanderson 1896, baptised Cresswell 26/3/1896, and Isabella Sanderson 1900, baptised Chevington 10/10/1900
1900-1901. Although Isabella Sanderson has been born 19/9/1900 Alnwick, his wife Ann Sanderson, aged 35, dies Tynemouth 3/3/1901 - this reg district stretches up to Blyth - and in 1901C Isabella, 6 mths, is a niece in an Armstrong family: her aunt being the sister of Ann Sanderson .
1901C George Sanderson, widower, 41, coal miner hewer below ground, is living Togston Alnwick with 6 of his 7 children, Isabella 1900 being looked after by his sister in law. Togston 3k SW of Amble, 8-10 k NNE of Chevington, where Isabella was baptised in October 1900
| George | Sanderson | Head | Widower | Male | 41 | 1860 | Coal Miner Hewer Belowground | Scremerston, Northumberland, England | |
| John D | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | 14 | 1887 | Coal Miner Driver Belowground | South Shields, Durham, England | |
| Jane | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | 12 | 1889 | Servant Domestic | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| Margaret | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | 10 | 1891 | - | North Shields, Northumberland, England | |
| Ann | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | 7 | 1894 | - | Creswell, Northumberland, England | |
| George | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1896 | - | Creswell, Northumberland, England | |
| Alexander | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1896 | - | Creswell, Northumberland, England |
1911C George Sanderson, widower, 51, coal miner hewer, is living Linhope Terrace, Chevington Drift with his youngest 4 children
| George | Sanderson | Head | Widower | Male | Coal Miner Hewer | 51 | 1860 | Northumberland Scremerson | |
| Margaret | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | General Servant Domestic | 22 | 1889 | Northumberland North Shields | |
| Ann | Sanderson | Daughter | Single | Female | General Servant Domestic | 17 | 1894 | Northumberland North Cresswell | |
| George | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | Coal Miner Driver Underground | 15 | 1896 | Northumberland North Cresswell | |
| Alexander | Sanderson | Son | Single | Male | Coal Miner Driver Underground | 15 | 1896 | Northumberland North Cresswell | |
| Isabell | Sanderson | Daughter | - | Female | School | 10 | 1901 | Northumberland North Broomhill |
have contacted an Ancestry tree of Larry Jongbloed who has George Sanderson 1896 as a direct ancestor - 7/2/2016 & again 5/4/2016. No other Ancestry trees
1915. George Sanderson was living Mahon Street Cockermouth- this very odd!!- in 1915 when his son George Ernest was called up, but declared medically unfit after 10 days! -THIS Rubbish, the tree has just inserted another George Sanderson's army record . Then claims a 1923 ship record of George Sanderson, 27, miner of Choppington, Northumberland, going to Sydney, is he : could well be, Choppington 3k SW of Ashington . Unfortunately they do not include his Australian dc- which would prove who he was.
Chevington Drift had 1190 miners in 1896, 1277 in 1902 & 1778 in 1914
1918. Family living at 28 Linhope Terrace, Chevington- address of his son Alexander on the 1918 Absent Voters List
1919. George Sanderson dies, aged 59, on 4/4/1919 at Chevington Drift, a sudden death & not a mining disaster- [Chevington had no major disaster, & the incomplete list of 84 miners killed at the pit in separate incidents does not include him] Morpeth Jun 1919 . Morpeth reg. district includes Ashington, Lynemouth, east Chevington, Cresswell
Broomhill Cemetery- near Chevington