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The following list of names was gleaned from the late-19th century censuses (1861 and 1871), baptismal and marriage records for Nether Alderley, the Mining Journal, the Wages Book and other sources such as share certificates. The column marked
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FIRST | SURNAME | OCCUPATION | BORN PLACE | BORN COUNTY | BORN YEAR | NOTES |
? | Abbadine | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Uncertain provenance | |
John | Adshead | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
William | Adshead | ?Secretary | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Signed MSA share cert |
James | Ashton | Labourer / miner | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | of Over Alderley in the County of Chester Labourer |
Samuel | Askington | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Francis | Birchenough | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
John | Biscombe | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Philip | Bracegirdle | "Filling tanks" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | May be PB who moved to Failsworth and appears in 1871, 81, 91 censuses as labourer ex MSA (b 1837). Filling tanks. |
Colin | Bradbury | Miner | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Thomas | Braddock | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Richard | Bradly | "Pumping water" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Jeremiah | Bury | Cotton manufacturer | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | of Heaton Norris in the County of Lancaster Cotton Manufacturer |
John | Clarke | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Samuel | Dodge | Mercer | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | of Stockport in the County of Chester Mercer |
Daniel | Downs | "All tramming" and "Wheeling Rubbish" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
John | Dunstone | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Cornish name |
Allen | Gibb | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Proprietor in 1914. Took over from first proprietors who leased mines in 1911. Closed mine in Feb 1916 | |
Thomas | Gibbon | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Peter | Hamilton | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
John | Heywood | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Thomas | Hidderley | ? | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Signed receipt for MSA shares |
James | Hodge | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Common name in Cornwall and Devon |
John (the younger) | Hough | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Richard | Jackson | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Thomas | Jarrold | Doctor of physic | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | of Manchester in the County of Lancaster Doctor of physic |
James | Johns | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Thomas | Johnson | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot: of Alderley, Cheshire | |
Wm. | Jones | "Pumping water" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
J | Kessel | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Thomas | Kessel | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Common name in Cornwall |
Thomas | Lowe | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Sampson | Mayne | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
James F | Michell | Secretary | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | On share certs and in advert in MJ. All census images dubious. |
? | Mills | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Mined about 1750s and may be 1790s | |
Allen | Motham | "To sink below level" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | May be Allan Mottram, see ID 98 |
Stephen | Osborne | Captain | [Not known] | England | n/a | May have been mine agent at Maughold in IOM in 1861 |
John | Owen | Miner | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | no trace on censuses. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Ralph | Plant | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
John | Powel | "Filling tanks" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Filling tanks |
Mr | Richardson | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Mining experience in South Africa | |
John | Rigby | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
[Husband of Willmot] | Scadden | Miner | [Not known] | Cornwall | n/a | Absent at time. Wife born Cornwall. |
John | Semmens | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Common name in Cornwall |
William | Semmens | "Drive" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Common name in Cornwall |
Mr | Shenton | ?Miner or UG captain | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Mottram St Andrew: mentioned in report |
James | Sinclair Ross | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | ||
? | Smith | Miner | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Harold Smith's father, worked in early 20th century |
William | Stonier | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | ||
John | Thompson | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Nathan | Tollett | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Involved in riot | |
Josiah | Wagstaff | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | Mined about 1765 | |
John | Waine | "Sink" | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
William | Worthington | Miner | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | |
Thomas | Yarwood | [Not known] | [Not known] | n/a | ||
Timothy | Mason | [Not known] | [Not known] | 1663 | Involved in riot: of Sutton | |
Charles | Roe | [Not known] | Derbyshire | 1715 | Mined about 1750s and may be 1790s | |
Edward | Gard | Director and Chairman | Exeter | Devon | 1791 | Director when Co set up, C'man in 1863/4 |
William | Taylor | Mine Labourer | Sheffield | Yorkshire | 1794 | Hagg Cottage 4 head |
James | Michell | Proprietor | Gwennap | Cornwall | 1796 | Main driving force behind mines, died 1862 in mine. 1841 census dubious. |
Isaac | Hamilton | Cu Miner | Chorley | Cheshire | 1803 | |
Peter | Booth | ?? Mineral Miner | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1806 | Occupation not certain |
John | Pascoe | Agent | Cronan | Cornwall | 1806 | ?Mining? crossed out. Captain of MSA mine in 1862 |
Solomon | Ritchards | Cu Miner | St Erth | Cornwall | 1807 | |
Charles Edward | Procter | Chairman in 1865 | [Not known] | [Not known] | 1809 | May be Land Agent living at Sutton in 1861, b. 1841 |
William | Davenport | Cu & Pb Miner | Leek | Staffordshire | 1811 | Son-in-law of Martha Hatton |
Thomas | Hague | Cu mine Labourer | Henbury | Cheshire | 1811 | Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
James | Worth | Cu Miner (labourer) | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1811 | |
William | Swindells | Cu & Pb Miner | Butley | Cheshire | 1812 | |
Thomas | Manuel | Cu Miner | St Austell | Cornwall | 1816 | |
James | Booth | Cu & Pb mines Labourer / Cu Labourer | Hyde | Cheshire | 1817 | Welsh Road |
Thomas | Bower(s) | Cu & Pb Miner | Prestbury | Cheshire | 1817 | |
Robert | Burgess | "Wheeling tanks" | Alderley | Cheshire | 1817 | |
John | Andrew | Cu & Pb Miner | Stithans | Cornwall | 1818 | |
George | Street | Miner | Gorton | Lancashire | 1818 | |
William | Woodall | Cu & Pb Miner / Cu Mine Labourer | Hough | Cheshire | 1818 | Labourer on 1871 census |
William | Oldham | Cu Labourer | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1820 | Welsh Road |
Samuel Rowe | Sanders | ?Accountant | Devonport | Devon | 1820 | Probably Financial Director |
William | Barker | Cu Miner | Mottram | Cheshire | 1821 | |
Peter | Hambleton | Miners Labourer | Bollin Fee | Cheshire | 1821 | Could this be Peter Hamilton? |
Daniel | Sum[m]erville = Summerfield | Cu Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1821 | Welsh Road |
George (or Ger?) | Wood | Cu & Pb Mine Labourer | Macclesfield | Cheshire | 1821 | |
William | Yarwood | Cu & Pb Miner | Morley | Cheshire | 1821 | |
James | Grange | Cu & Pb Miner / Cu Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1823 | |
John | Sumner | Labourer at copper mines | Hough | Cheshire | 1823 | |
Jonathan | Down | Manager at Alderley Mines | Calstock | Cornwall | 1824 | Bradford Lodge, named in MJ and other refs. Children baptised in Nether Alderley. Agent in Copper Works in 1871 |
John | Oakes | Labourer at copper works | Kinderton | Cheshire | 1824 | |
Samuel | Oakes | Cu & Pb Miner | Hough | Cheshire | 1824 | Hagg Cottage 2 head. Mioved to Widnes by 1871, probably via Shropshire. |
Joseph | Biscombe [1861], Pliscombe [1871] | Cu Miner | Calstock | Cornwall | 1825 | |
Joseph | Cumberbirch | Labourer at copper mines | Goostrey | Cheshire | 1825 | |
William | Dale | Cu Miner | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1825 | Also Parish Clerk in 1861. Farmer and Parish Clerk in 1871. |
Francis | Phillips | Copper & Lead Mine Agent | Mary Tavy | Devon | 1825 | |
James | Summerfield | Labourer in Cu mines / Cu Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1825 | Miner in 1871 |
Thomas | Upton | Cu & Pb Miner | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1825 | |
John | Wainmouth | Cu & Pb Miner | Callington | Cornwall | 1825 | |
David | Walton | Cu Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1826 | Hagg Cottage 1 head |
Thomas | Jackson | Labourer to Cu & Pb mines | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1827 | |
John | Lawton | Labourer at Cu Mines/ Mine Agent (Cu M) | Alderley | Cheshire | 1827 | Secretary in 1870. Mine Agent in 1871. Handled liquidation in 1878 |
Richard | Palin | Cu Miner / Miner / labourer on bapt. | Coppenhall | Cheshire | 1827 | Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Henry | Wright | Cu & Pb Miner | Prestbury | Cheshire | 1827 | |
John | Bailey | Tank Man at Cu Mines | Mobberley | Cheshire | 1828 | |
Solomon | Blancy | Cu Miner | Gwinear | Cornwall | 1828 | |
William | Henderson | Chemist | [Not known] | Scotland | 1828 | Family under 10 born Bristol and Alderley |
Aaron | Jackson | Cu & Pb Miner | Prestbury | Cheshire | 1828 | |
John | Kelsall | Miner (Cu) | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1828 | Probably same as J Kessel |
Thomas | Norbury | Cu Miner / Lab. | Gt Warford | Cheshire | 1828 | Welsh Road. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
James | Ridgway | Cu Mine Labourer | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1828 | |
Joseph | Spear | Engine Driver for Mines | Bedminster | Gloucestershire | 1828 | |
Thomas | Burgess | Pb & Cu miner | Chorley | Cheshire | 1829 | |
Thomas | Bradley | Cu miner | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1830 | |
Kay | Owen | Miner / labourer on bapt. | Alderley | Cheshire | 1830 | Carter on 1861 census, Gardener on 1871 census. Children baptised in Nether Alderley. Father also called Kay(e) Owen |
Richard | Coed | Miner | Northhill | Cornwall | 1831 | |
Samuel | Lang | Cu Miner | Oakhampton | Devon | 1831 | |
John | Martin | Carpenter | St Mary Plympton | Devon | 1831 | May not be linked with mines. Same as below? |
John | Martin | Blacksmith | Fidston | Nottinghamshire | 1831 | Copper Mines, Hagg Road. |
George (2) | Wood | Lab at Cu mines | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1831 | |
John | Bracegirdle | Cu Mine Labourer | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1832 | |
John | Hatton | Cu & Pb Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1832 | Son of Martha Hatton. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
William | Oldham | Probably labourer | [Not known] | [Not known] | 1832 | Living in Lacey Green. Died 1910 at age 78 (AWKA 9/9/1910 p6) |
John | Buckingham | Cu Miner | St Erth | Cornwall | 1833 | Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
George | Leamon [1861], Layman [1871] or Leeman | Cu & Pb Miner / Mine Agent | Throwleigh | Devon | 1833 | Miner and Lodger with William Swindells at MSA in 1861, agent in 1871 |
Thomas | Mottram | Miner (bapt.) | Chorley | Cheshire | 1833 | Shown as Ag Lab in census. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
James | Oldham | Cu Labourer | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1833 | brother to William Oldham, same home |
William | Bate | Cu Miner | Calstock | Cornwall | 1834 | |
Thomas | Nield | Engine operator | Lindow | Cheshire | 1834 | Referred to as engine driver for whole life of the mine in his obituary. |
Henry | Phillips | Cu Miner | Mary Tavy | Devon | 1834 | |
Samson | Termain | Cu & Pb Miner | Calstock | Cornwall | 1834 | Lodger with William Swindells |
Henry | Turkington | Cu & Pb Miner | [Not known] | Ireland | 1834 | |
James | Wood | Cu Mine Labourer | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1834 | Obituary in R0969 |
Fred(erick) | Bruce | Lead Miner | Wo[o]lwich | Kent | 1835 | |
Thomas | Condliffe / Cunliffe | Ag Lab / Miner / Labourer | [Not known] | [Not known] | 1835 | Over Alderley. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Thomas | Cooper | Engine feeder to Cu & Pb works | Calow | Derbyshire | 1835 | Hagg Cottage 3 |
John | Hooper | Lead Miner | Calstock | Cornwall | 1835 | Married at Wilmslow Parish Church to Isabella Richards of Calstock (both parents were miners) on 21 October 1860 |
Ephraim | Hulme | Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1835 | |
Joseph | Massey | Miner Cu & Pb | Alderley | Cheshire | 1835 | (has son Isaac Massey born c. 1857). Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Samuel (2) | Bower | Blacksmith (Cu mines) | Toft | Cheshire | 1836 | |
John | Hague | Cu mine Labourer | Alderley | Cheshire | 1836 | Welsh Road. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Charles | Hatton | Cu & Pb Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1836 | Grandson of Martha Hatton (see William Davenport?). Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
William | Scadden | Miner (Cu) | Gwinear | Cornwall | 1836 | |
John | Baston | Cu & Pb Miner | Kermingham | Cheshire | 1837 | |
Charles | Bennett | Cu & Pb Miner | Landrake | Cornwall | 1837 | |
James | Blackshaw | Miner (Cu) | Fulshaw | Cheshire | 1837 | |
Abel | Bradley | Miner (Cu) | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1837 | |
Joseph | Findlow | In Cu mines | Prestbury | Cheshire | 1837 | |
William | Green | [?mine] Labourer | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | 1837 | Type of labourer not certain |
William | Hale | Labourer Cu & Pb mines | Macclesfield | Cheshire | 1837 | |
Samuel | Norbury | Lab at Cu mines | Chorley | Cheshire | 1837 | |
William | Read | Cu Miner | Gawsworth | Cheshire | 1837 | |
John | Chynoweth | Cu Miner | Tavistock | Devon | 1838 | Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
James | Hague | Miner | Over Alderley | Cheshire | 1838 | Shown as Ag Lab on census. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Henry | Harvey | Cu & Pb Miner | Buckfastleigh | Devon | 1838 | |
Wm Henry | Hatch | Carpenter | Plymouth | Devon | 1838 | Linked with John Martin. Died 12/05/1912 (see ref R0964) |
James | Jackson | Copper Miner | Henbury | Cheshire | 1838 | Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
John | Jenkin | Cu & Pb Miner | Crantock | Cornwall | 1838 | |
John | Ritchards | Cu Miner | St Erth | Cornwall | 1838 | |
Peter | Bower[s] | Cu & Pb Miner / Labourer in Cu Mines | Prestbury | Cheshire | 1839 | Shown as miner in 1861 and labourer in 1871. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
William | Burgess | Cu mine Labourer / Cu miner | Chorley | Cheshire | 1839 | Altered to miner in 1871 census |
Thomas | Green | Miner | Butley | Cheshire | 1839 | |
Thomas | Warne | Cu Miner | Mary Tavy | Devon | 1839 | |
Henry | Birch | Cu Miner | St Erth | Cornwall | 1840 | |
William | Chynoweth | Cu Miner | Tavistock | Devon | 1840 | |
William | Davies | Cu Miner | Kea Parish | Cornwall | 1840 | Spelt Davis in census. Mines Cottage, Hagg Road. Baptism has Davey. |
Robert | Jackson | Cu & Pb Miner | Mary Tavy | Devon | 1840 | |
Thomas | Milner | Cu & Pb Miner | Checkley | Staffordshire | 1840 | Stepson of William Swindells |
Thomas | O'Callaghan | Cu Miner | [Not known] | Ireland | 1840 | |
Joseph | Pearson | Cu Mine Labourer | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1840 | |
Phillip | Potts | Miner, Cu mines | Alderley | Cheshire | 1841 | |
Isaac | Powell | Cu mines Labourer | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1841 | |
John | Pearson | Copper Miner | Knutsford | Cheshire | 1842 | |
James | Bowers | Cu & Pb Miner | Butley | Cheshire | 1843 | Son of Thomas Bower at MSA |
William | Ham | Mine Labourer | St Georges | Gloucestershire | 1843 | lodger at Hagg Cottage 2 |
Patrick | O'Callaghan | Cu Miner | [Not known] | Ireland | 1843 | |
William | Ritchards | Cu Miner | St Erth | Cornwall | 1843 | |
William | Serpell | Cu & Pb Miner | Stockport | Cheshire | 1843 | |
John | Wright | Cu Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1843 | |
Samuel | Percival | Cu Miner | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1844 | |
William | Booth | Engine Tenter at Cu & Pb mines | Ashover | Derbyshire | 1845 | Welsh Road son of James Booth. Engine Driver when marrried |
Joseph | Bowers | Cu & Pb Miner | Butley | Cheshire | 1845 | |
John | Livesey | Cu Miner | Manchester | Lancashire | 1845 | |
Allan | Mottram | Cu Miner | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1845 | Probably same as Allen Motham |
John | Pearson | Cu Mine Labourer | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1845 | |
David | Dooley | Cu Miner | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1846 | |
Daniel | Jarman | Miner | Over Alderley | Cheshire | 1846 | Shown as Ag Lab on census. Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Joseph | Rigby | Lead Mines Labourer | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1846 | |
John | Booth | Mine Labourer at Cu & Pb mines | Ashover | Derbyshire | 1847 | Welsh Road son of James Booth |
Elijah | Burgess | Cu Miner | Warford | Cheshire | 1847 | |
William | Cann | Cu Miner | South Shields | Durham | 1847 | Children baptised in Nether Alderley |
Samuel | Leigh | Cu & Pb Miner | Henbury | Cheshire | 1847 | |
John | Moore | Cu Miner | Wilmslow | Cheshire | 1848 | |
Thomas | Fielding | Lab. At Cu mines | Fulshaw | Cheshire | 1849 | |
James | Wright | Cu Miner | Alderley | Cheshire | 1849 | |
John | Bradbury | Lab. At Cu mines | Ashley | Cheshire | 1850 | |
William | Stonehewer | Cu Labourer | Macclesfield | Cheshire | 1850 | |
Henry | Woodall | Cu & Pb Miner | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1850 | Son of William Woodall |
Samuel | Bowers | Cu & Pb Miner | Butley | Cheshire | 1851 | |
Wm | Buckingham | Cu Miner | St Erth | Cornwall | 1856 | |
John | Barrow | Miner (Cu) | Knutsford | Cheshire | 1857 | |
Henry | Howarth | Labourer at Cu Mine | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1858 | |
John Thos | Martin | Errand boy in mines | Stockport | Cheshire | 1858 | son of John Martin |
Thomas | Pearson | Cu Mine Labourer | Mottram St Andrew | Cheshire | 1859 | |
Joseph | Bailey | Miner | Chorley | Cheshire | 1861 | |
Robert | Bower | Miner's Labourer | Alderley | Cheshire | 1861 | Son of Peter Bower |
John (jnr) | Buckingham | Cu Miner | [Not known] | Devon | 1861 | |
John H | Stonier | Miner (Cu) | Chorley | Cheshire | 1861 | |
James | Chynoweth | Nether Alderley | Cheshire | 1872 | May have been a miner in the early 20th century (info. Harold Smith) |