{"id":3532,"date":"2025-01-01T16:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:15:16","slug":"1877-john-pickersgill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3532","title":{"rendered":"1877 &#8211; John Pickersgill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Pickersgill was born in about 1841.<br>John married Ann Rhodes (from Garforth) on September 25th 1865 at South Milford.<br>On the 1871 census he was living at Kippax with his wife Ann. He was listed as being a labourer at a coal pit.<br>John was killed being crushed by waggons at the Locke &amp; Co. Kippax colliery on the 13th November 1877. He was 36 years old.<br>He was buried at Kippax church on the 4th December 1877.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-1871-Census-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-1871-Census-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-1871-Census-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-1871-Census-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-1871-Census-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-1871-Census-2048x1349.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-edc79b126c3d8ae4be1913d0fa91f6fc wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1871 Census<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Cert-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Cert-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Cert-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Cert-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Cert-1536x1002.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Cert-2048x1337.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Banns-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Banns-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Banns-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Banns-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Banns-1536x972.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Marriage-Banns-2048x1296.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-J-Pickersgill-Colliery-Accidents.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-J-Pickersgill-Colliery-Accidents.png 879w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-J-Pickersgill-Colliery-Accidents-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-J-Pickersgill-Colliery-Accidents-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Church-Burial-Record-1024x832.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Church-Burial-Record-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Church-Burial-Record-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Church-Burial-Record-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Church-Burial-Record-1536x1248.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Pickersgill-Church-Burial-Record-2048x1665.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Pickersgill was born in about 1841.John married Ann Rhodes (from Garforth) on September 25th 1865 at South Milford.On the 1871 census he was living at Kippax with his wife Ann. He was listed as being a labourer at a coal pit.John was killed being crushed by waggons at the Locke &amp; Co. 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