Henry Edgar was born in the small village of Newton, Derbyshire in 1893. Like his father and brothers he was a coal miner, first at Tibshelf colliery and after its closure in 1934 he moved to Ollerton colliery in Nottinghamshire. Henry married Ellen Pearce in 1916, he died about November 1975.
https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=TNA/R39/6271/6271A/017/42
Derbyshire Registrars Birth Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS/B/392880506/1
"England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41D6-7LPZ : 22 February 2021), Henry Edgar Meakin, 26 Feb 1916; citing 26 Feb 1916; citing Marriage, Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire Record Office, England.
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1975/4/AZ/000752/070
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