Albert Shingleton

M, #21, b. 1855, d. between 1910 and 1920
ChartsPedigree of Rand Lee Devonshire
Note* Albert Shingleton Birthplace from death certificate of daughter, Elsie H. Warren.

In 1900 US Federal Census in Lincoln, Marion, West Virginia, occupation coal miner.

In 1910 US Federal Census in Fairmount, Marion, West Virginia, birthplace verified, occupation listed as coal miner. Not out of work.

Sarah in Pasadena married to Albert Worrall with Harry and George Shingleton by 1920

Life as an underground miner was difficult. In the years before mechanization, all mining was done by slow, laborious, backbreaking hand labor. Miners worked long days in dark, damp, cramped quarters with poor ventilation. Initial undercutting of the coal face had to be done lying down, often in several inches of water. For this part of his job, the miner used only his pick and his brawn, Once a V-shaped undercut was made, the miner bored a hole in the rock face, filled it with a powder charge and with a cry of "fire in the hole!" lit the charge and got himself to safety. If the charge was set properly and went off well, the face, with its seam of coal, was sheared off and the miner then went about the job of loading the coal. The miner's number four shovel held about 22 pounds of coal. The empty car, placed in his "room" in turns with the other miners, held about a ton of coal. These miners were called "loaders' and were considered the craftsmen of the industry. Knowledge of the craft was often passed from father to son and through the apprenticeship system. Once his car was loaded, the miner placed his "check" on it -- a small brass check with his number -- which allowed the checkweighman at the tipple to credit him with the tonnage loaded for the day. From: Coal Miners and Their Communities in Southern Appalachia, 1925-1941 by Rhonda Janney Coleman. 
Birth*1855 He was born in 1855 at West Virginia. 
Marriage*2 December 1886 He married Sarah Ann Minear, daughter of John Minear and Sarah Blockwood, on 2 December 1886 at Barbour Co., West Virginia; At the height of the American Civil War, fifty northwestern Virginia counties seceded from the Confederate States and were admitted into the Union as West Virginia. This database is a collection of marriage records from several of the counties between 1863 and 1900. This update to the data adds records for Tyler, Harrison, and Pleasants counties to the information from Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Hampshire, Jackson, Marion, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Gilmer, Nicholas, Upshur, Wetzel, Cabell, Wyoming, Wirt, Taylor, Wayne Mason, Marshall, Fayette and Ohio counties. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence.
Barbour County: Barbour County was created in 1843 from parts of Harrison, Lewis, and Randolph counties. The records from the county in this database cover the years 1863 through 1900.
Original data: Barbour County, West Virginia Marriages, 1863-1900. County court records located in Philippi, West Virginia. Records extracted at the county courthouse.
Cabell County was formed in 1809 from Kanawha County. The records in this database cover the years 1863 through 1899.
Original data: Cabell County, West Virginia Marriages, 1863-1899. County court records located at Huntington, West Virginia. Family History Library film # (0848279 & 0559887). 
Death*between 1910 and 1920 Albert Shingleton died between 1910 and 1920 at West Virginia. 

Family

Sarah Ann Minear b. 1 Aug 1868, d. 5 Apr 1943
Children
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