{"id":3601,"date":"2025-01-01T16:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:36:42","slug":"1885-charles-edward-crossthwaite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3601","title":{"rendered":"1885 &#8211; Charles Edward Crossthwaite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Edward Crossthwaite was born in August 1864 at Lane End, Whitkirk. On the Church Baptism Record his fathers name is not shown but on the Ancestry detail sheet it is down as just Crosthwaite. Charles was Baptised on the 28<sup>th<\/sup> August 1864 at St Mary Church, Whitkirk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1871 Census, Charles age 6 is now living with his Grandmother and her son, Charles&#8217;s two brothers William age 16&nbsp; a Coal Miner and Miles age 4 a Scholar are also living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1881 Census. Charles age 16 his occupation a Coal Miner is now living with his Aunt and Uncle who are running a Grocery Shop in Scarcroft, Leeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1885 whilst Charles was working underground at Bowers West Allerton Colliery he was struck by a drill and killed while trying to drill out a missed shot. On the 21<sup>st<\/sup> December the inquest was carried out at the Angel Inn, Allerton Bywater although the Newspaper report does not show a verdict we have to assume that it would be an Accidental Death. On the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> December 1885 Charles Edward Crossthwaite was buried at St Mary Church, Whitkirk. On the Church Burial Record his place of Abode is shown as Allerton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Baptism-Record.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Baptism-Record.png 854w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Baptism-Record-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Baptism-Record-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" 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src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1871-Census-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Edward-Crossthwaite-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1871-Census-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Edward-Crossthwaite-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1871-Census-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Edward-Crossthwaite-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1871-Census-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Edward-Crossthwaite-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1871-Census-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Edward-Crossthwaite-1536x1016.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1871-Census-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Edward-Crossthwaite-2048x1355.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-8b7eb66fec10062717fd90a4c767f18b 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=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-E-Crossthwaite-1881-Census-1024x842.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-E-Crossthwaite-1881-Census-1024x842.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-E-Crossthwaite-1881-Census-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-E-Crossthwaite-1881-Census-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-E-Crossthwaite-1881-Census-1536x1263.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-E-Crossthwaite-1881-Census-2048x1685.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fatal_Accident_Charles_Edward_Crossthwaite-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index.png 859w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-768x540.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-1060x1536.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-1413x2048.jpg 1413w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Civil-Registration-Death-Index-scaled.jpg 1767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edwatd-Crossthwaite-Burial-Record.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edwatd-Crossthwaite-Burial-Record.png 859w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edwatd-Crossthwaite-Burial-Record-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-Charles-Edwatd-Crossthwaite-Burial-Record-768x443.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-Edward-Crossthwaite-Church-Burial-Record-1024x776.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3593\" 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On the Church Baptism Record his fathers name is not shown but on the Ancestry detail sheet it is down as just Crosthwaite. Charles was Baptised on the 28th August 1864 at St Mary Church, Whitkirk. 1871 Census, Charles age 6 is now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,121,130],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[117,108],"class_list":["post-3601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bower-co","category-colliery-deaths","category-west-allerton-colliery","author-shep76","author-mick"],"authors":[{"term_id":117,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"shep76","display_name":"Neil Shepherdson","avatar_url":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABH-Researchers-256px-150x150.png","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""},{"term_id":108,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mick","display_name":"Mick","avatar_url":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/admin_avatar-128x128-1.png","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3608,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601\/revisions\/3608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3601"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=3601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}