Coal Miners about 1881, Tyne and Wear, England
Small boy in the front row is William Gibson, listed as coal miner in the 1881 UK Census at the age of 13. By 1891 he was married with a young child and had taken in his wife's three young sisters to look after. William worked in the mines all his life.
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Coal Miners about 1881, Tyne and Wear, England
Small boy in the front row is William Gibson, listed as coal miner in the 1881 UK Census at the age of 13. By 1891 he was married with a young child and had taken in his wife's three young sisters to look after. William worked in the mines all his life.
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