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 1878 - 1942 (63 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Samuel Edgell was born on 7 Dec 1878 in Pelton, Durham, England, UK; died on 3 May 1942 in Beamish, Durham, England, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 22 Jan 1879, Pelton, Durham, England, UK; Address:
Holy Trinity Church, Pelton, Durham, England, UK
- Occupation: 1939; Colliery Motor Driver
- Occupation: 1939; Special Constable
Notes:
Died:
Jack Edgell rushed from his home in Woodside knowing his father was on duty. The first casualty he came across was his father, Sam, unconscious and badly injured but alive. Jack noticed his father had no boots on. They had been blown off his feet in the blast.
Civilian war dead - commemorated on the Beamish Village War Memorial.
Samuel married Elizabeth Caroline Walton in 1904 in Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK. Elizabeth (daughter of John Walton and Elizabeth Smith) was born on 31 May 1878 in Kilburn, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 14 Apr 1952 in Durham, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Samuel Edgell
 was born in 1907 in Urpeth, Durham, England, UK; died on 24 Mar 1980 in Pelton, Durham, England, UK.
- 3. Mary Ann Edgell was born on 18 Jan 1910 in Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK; died in 1990 in Durham, England, UK.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Samuel Edgell (1.Samuel1) was born in 1907 in Urpeth, Durham, England, UK; died on 24 Mar 1980 in Pelton, Durham, England, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1939; Colliery Joiner
Samuel married Olwen May Weeks in 1932 in Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK. Olwen (daughter of Evan John Weeks and Margaret Jane James) was born on 26 Sep 1911 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; died in 2003 in Durham, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Elizabeth Edgell was born on 24 Apr 1934 in Lanchester, Durham, England, UK; died in 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Elizabeth Edgell (2.Samuel2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 24 Apr 1934 in Lanchester, Durham, England, UK; died in 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK. |
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