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Moses and Enoch Evans were sons of George Samuel Evans (1836-1915) and Elizabeth Powell (1835-1920) who had married in 1857. George Samuel Evans was from Dawley, Shropshire, and Elizabeth was from Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Moses was born in Litchfield on 3rd January 1866, and Enoch followed in 1870. Around 1874, the family moved to Bower’s Row, Allerton Bywater, where George Samuel Evans worked as a coal miner. They subsequently moved to 42 Crescent before the pit disaster, whilst George’s brother, William Evans (1829-1914) moved from Denaby, Doncaster to 31 East View. In 1889, Moses married Elizabeth Smith (1865-1955) and moved out to live at 12 Station Row, whilst Enoch married Sarah Westerman (1871-1944) in 1902, and they moved to 6 Station Row. Both brothers worked at Peckfield Colliery, but were not working on the day of the disaster. Instead they used their experience of the Colliery to the benefit of the rescue parties. Amongst their relatives were Isaiah Evans, their cousin (son of William Evans) who survived the disaster, whilst Sarah Westerman’s uncle Robert Westerman was killed. Sarah’s sister Ruth Ann Westerman (1874-1956) was married to Amos Whitaker, who was also killed.
Moses and Elizabeth had 5 children, and continued to live in Micklefield, moving to 12 Cliff Terrace, and finally to 7 Sunnybank by 1911, where Moses lived until he passed away in 1945, aged 79.
Enoch and Sarah moved to 6 Cliff Terrace, and had 6 children, 5 of whom survived into adulthood. Like Moses, Enoch continued to work at Peckfield Colliery. By 1911, Enoch was a Colliery Deputy, but passed away in 1920, aged 49.
30th April 1896. The Peckfield Colliery Disaster at Micklefield 