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John Thomas Longstaff                       1855-1924
John was born about 1855, the son of Mark Longstaff and Mary Smith, at Morpeth, Northumberland.
Jane Sample                                           1857-1939
Jane was born about 1857, at Blyth, Northumberland.
I have identified the following children.
  John Thomas Born abt 1878   Blyth  
Mark Born abt 1879   Cambois  
Jane Born abt 1881   Cambois  
Mary Born abt 1883   Cambois  
Elizabeth Born abt 1885   Cambois  
Stephen Sample Born abt 1888   Silksworth  
Margaret Ellen Born abt 1890   Cambois  
William Born abt 1892   Cambois  
George Born abt 1898   Cambois  

Birth of Parents
John Thomas Longstaff b: abt 1855               Morpeth, Northumberland
son of Mark Longstaff and Mary Smith

Jane Sample b: abt 1857         Blyth, Northumberland     1857 2Q Tynemouth 10b 170

Marriage
abt 1875
John Thomas Longstaff
Jane Sample 		1875 4Q Tynemouth 10b 334

Children
John Thomas Longstaff b: abt 1878               Blyth, Northumberland
son of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample
Mark Longstaff b: abt 1879               Cambois, Northumberland
son of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample

1881 Census RG11-5116 4 April 1881 Bedlington, Northumberland
18 Gees Houses
John T. Longstaff
Jane (Wife)
John T.
Mark 		Age 25
Age 23
Age 2
Age 1 		Coal Miner Morpeth
Blyth
Blyth
Bedlington 		Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1878
abt 1879

Jane Longstaff b: abt 1881               Cambois, Northumberland
daughter of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample
Mary Longstaff b: abt 1883               Cambois, Northumberland
daughter of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample
Elizabeth Longstaff b: abt 1885               Cambois, Northumberland
daughter of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample
Stephen Longstaff b: abt 1881               Silksworth, County Durham
son of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample
Margaret Ellen Longstaff b: abt 1890               Cambois, Northumberland
daughter of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample

1891 Census RG12-4257 6 April 1891 Bedlington, Northumberland
39 Bridge Street
John Thomas Longstaff
Jane (Wife)
John Thomas
Mark
Jane
Mary
Elizabeth
Stephen Sample
Margaret Ellen 		Age 35
Age 33
Age 12
Age 11
Age 9
Age 7
Age 5
Age 2
Age 6 Mo 		Coal Miner Morpeth
Blyth
Blyth
Cambois
Cambois
Cambois
Cambois
Silksworth
Cambois 		Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Durham
Northumberland 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1878
abt 1879
abt 1881
abt 1883
abt 1885
abt 1888
abt 1890

William Longstaff b: abt 1892               Cambois, Northumberland
son of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample
George Longstaff b: abt 1898               Cambois, Northumberland
son of John Thomas Longstaff and Jane Sample

1901 Census RG13-4836 1 April 1901 Hirst, Northumberland
22 Mersly
John Thos Longstaff
Jane (Wife)
John
Mark
Mary
Elizabeth
Stephen S.
Margaret
William
George
James Sample (Border (M) 		Age 46
Age 44
Age 22
Age 21
Age 17
Age 15
Age 13
Age 10
Age 8
Age 2
Age 37 		Coal Miner

Coal Miner
Coal Miner





Coal Miner 		Morpeth
Blyth
Blyth
Cambois
Cambois
Cambois
Blyth
Cambois
Cambois
Wallsend
Silksworth 		Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Durham 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1878
abt 1879
abt 1883
abt 1885
abt 1888
abt 1890
abt 1892
abt 1898
abt 1863

1911 Census RG14-45 3 April 1911 Newburn, Northumberland
5 Armstrong Street, Burns Close, Westerhope   (3 Rooms)
John Thomas Longstaff
Jane Sample (Wife)
Stephen (Son)
Margaret E. (Dau)
William E. (Son)
George (Son)
Elizabeth Jane (GrDau)
Andrew Hedley (Visitor)
Elizabeth Hedley (Visitor)
John George Hedley (Visitor)
Andrew Hedley (Visitor) 		Age 56
Age 54
Age 24
Age 21
Age 19
Age 14
Age 2
Age 31
Age 25
Age 3
Age 12 		Coal Miner

Coal Miner

Coal Miner
School

Brick Burner 		Morpeth
Blyth
Silksworth
Cambois
Cambois
Wallsend
Netherton
Bedlington
Cambois
Bedlington
Bedlington 		Northumberland
Northumberland
Durham
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland 		abt 1855
abt 1857
abt 1881
abt 1890
abt 1892
abt 1898
abt 1908
abt 1879
abt 1885
abt 1907
abt 1898
Jane had Thirteen children, and Eight are still living.

Death
John Thomas Longstaff Died abt 1924, Age 68,       1924 2Q Morpeth 10b 574

Death
Jane (Sample) Longstaff Died abt 1939, Age 82,       1939 4Q Northumberland C 10b 785



SPECIAL THANKS  to , of Poole, Dorset, a descendent of Thomas Longstaff (1787-1862),
for the details provided above.