Dinah Margaret Jane Crosby was the fifth child of Mary Ditchburn & Robert Crosby born 1836 at Seaham Harbour & christened December 12th, 1836 at St Andrew’s, Dalton-le-Dale, Co Durham.
At the time of the 1841 census Dinah (listed as Jane) was living with her mother & brother Robert at New Cassop where her mother was a publican. Her father was visiting her aunt Elizabeth Earnshaw (nee Crosby) at Dawdon Hall, Seaham.
In 1851 Dinah, now Margaret in census, & her parents were living in New Cassop Colliery village where her father was farming.
Dinah Margaret married Robert Jackson, a pitman, on May 2nd, 1853 at St Helen’s, Kelloe, Co Durham. Witnesses at the wedding were Jacob Jackson & John Allison. Robert was born 1830 in Washington, Co Durham, the son of Charles Jackson, a pitman.
By 1861 Margaret & Robert had 2 children, Mary (6) & Robert (4) & were living in Trimdon Grange, Co Durham where Robert was a coal miner.
The family were still living in Trimdon Grange in 1871 & the family had grown to include Gibson (9), Charles (5), George (3) & Dinah (1). Also living with them was Robert’s brother, William Jackson, also a coal miner like Robert. They also had a servant, Ann Anderson. Children Mary & Robert were living with their grandparents, Robert & Mary Crosby in Cassop at the time of the census & both described as general servants.
Daughter Mary had married George Smith, a coal miner, in 1875 in Kelloe.
By 1881 the family had moved to Langley Park, Esh & Robert continued to work as a coal miner. Children at home were Gibson (19), Charles & George, all coal miners, Dinah, Elizabeth (10), Margaret (9), William (6) & Sarah (5), all at school.
In 1887 daughter Dinah married Moses Morland, a coal miner, at Lanchester.
Robert & Margaret were living at 4 Langley St, Langley Park in 1891 & Robert was still a coal miner as were sons Charles & George who were still at home. Also still at home were Margaret A, William, a grocer’s apprentice, & Sarah J. Margaret’s widowed father Robert Crosby, a retired farmer, was living with the family, as was daughter Elizabeth & her husband James Johnson, a coal miner. There was also a 4 year old granddaughter, Margaret I Smith who was born in Esh.
Robert died on August 4th, 1892 at Langley Park & was buried on August 7th at Esh.
In 1894 daughter Sarah Jane married William John Hattam, a coal miner, at Lanchester. By 1911 William was found as a patient at the Club Union Convalescent Home, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, N. Yorks & noted as being a coal miner & having had 9 children, 7 of whom were living. Sadly William died later that year. Sarah Jane & her 7 children were living in Elm St, Langley Park at the time of the census.
In 1901 widowed Margaret was living with son Charles, a coal miner, in Quebec St, Esh. With them was a boarder, Robert Smith (20), a horse keeper. Son George had married Elizabeth Smith & by 1901 they were living in Brandon & Byshottles, Co Durham with Elizabeth’s parents, Elizabeth & William Smith. George was still a coal miner.
Son William, a coal miner, married Sarah Whitley & in 1901 they were also living in Quebec St, Esh with a daughter Olive. Sadly William was died in 1904 while working at Langley Park Colliery as a (coal) shifter. On October 26th he received a fracture of the skull over his left eye by a winch handle & died 4 days later.
Margaret was living with daughter Margaret Ann & her husband, John Robinson, a miner, & their 3 children in 1911. They were living in Old Esh Village.
Margaret, aged 75, died on August 26th, 1912 at 17 Langley St, Langley Park.
The children of Dinah Margaret Jane Crosby & Robert Jackson were:
4.3.5.1 Mary Elizabeth Jackson born February 14th, 1855 at Trimdon Colliery; died June 2nd 1900 at Bay Horse Inn, Sunderland Bridge, & buried June 5th at St Bartholemew’s Croxdale, Co Durham
4.3.5.2 Robert Jackson born December 16th, 1857 at Trimdon Colliery
4.3.5.3 Gibson Jackson born April-June 1861 at Trimdon Colliery; died July 4th, 1936 at 3 Lexden Ave, Acklam, Middlesbrough
4.3.5.4 Jacob Jackson born April-June 1863 at Trimdon Colliery; died April-June 1868 at Trimdon
4.3.5.5 Charles Jackson born May 1866 at Trimdon Grange;
4.3.5.6 George Jackson born October 1867 at Trimdon Grange
4.3.5.7 Dinah Jackson born April-June 1869 at Trimdon; died Jan-March 1933 in Gateshead
4.3.5.8 Elizabeth Jackson born July-September 1871 at Trimdon; died Jan-March 1932 at Lanchester
4.3.5.9 Margaret Ann Jackson born December 1872 at Trimdon;
4.3.5.10 William Jackson born April-June 1874 at Trimdon Grange; died October 26th & buried October 30th, 1904 at All Saints, Langley Park, Co Durham
4.3.5.11 Sarah Jane Jackson born Jan-March 1876 at Trimdon; died April-June 1933 at Lanchester