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The child died after just three weeks and was buried in St Bartholomew's Church, Long Benton north of Newcastle. In 1806 George's wife Frances died of consumption (tuberculosis). She was buried in the same churchyard as their daughter on 16 May 1806, though the location of the grave is lost. [6]
George Stephenson (born June 9, 1781, Wylam, Northumberland, England—died August 12, 1848, Chesterfield, Derbyshire) was an English engineer and principal inventor of the railroad locomotive. Stephenson was the son of a mechanic who operated a Newcomen atmospheric-steam engine that was used to pump out a coal mine at Newcastle upon Tyne .
23 maj 2022 · Eighteen students and at two adults have been killed in a school shooting in Texas. The attack happened on Tuesday at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, around 80 miles west of San Antonio
25 maj 2022 · At least 19 children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Follow here for the latest.
18 maj 2023 · They were among the 19 children and two teachers who were killed on May 24, 2022, after a gunman walked into Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and began firing.
25 maj 2022 · Uvalde, Texas, is reeling from the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history after a gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School yesterday.
Stephenson died on 12 August 1848 in Chesterfield in Derbyshire. His only son Robert was also a railway engineer and worked with his father on many of his projects.
