John Leigh DISTON

1853 - 1917  (64 years)

• Name	John Leigh DISTON
  Birth	1853	Long Marston Gloucestershire
  	1901 Census
  Baptism	6 Feb 1853	Marston Sica Gloucestershire
  	Ancestry Glocestershire CofE records Marston Sica No 372 6th Feb 1853 John Lee to George & Emma Diston of Marston labourer
  Gender	Male
  Death	1917
  	FreeBMD Dec 1917 Sunderland 10a 746 aged 64
  Person ID	I28687	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	George DISTON,   b. 1825, Cutsdean Gloucestershire
  Mother	Emma BARNES,   b. 1826, Winchcombe Gloucestershire
  Marriage	20 Oct 1849	Mickleton Gloucestershire
  	Ancestry Gloucestershire CofE records Mickleton No 36 20th Oct 1849 George Diston full age bat labourer of Mickleton son of William Diston labourer to Emma Barnes full age spin of Mickleton dau of Samuel Barnes labourer By banns; Emma signed; witnessed by John Stanley & Sarah Diston
  Family ID	F7500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Jane NEWBY,   b. 1861, Hendon Sunderland Co Durham
  Marriage	1878
  	FreeBMD Jun 1878 Sunderland 10a 677 - Martha noted as Martha Jane B C D Newby
  Children	+ 1. Ralph DISTON,   b. 1886, Sunderland Co Durham d. 1942 (Age 56 years)   2. Charles DISTON,   b. 1890, Blaydon Co Durham   3. Margaret DISTON,   b. 1895, Easington Lane Co Durham   4. John L DISTON,   b. 1898, South Hetton Co Durham
  Family ID	F7499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  1861 RG9 2257 62 at Mickleton son single aged 9 born Longmarston 1871 RG10 4985 4 at High Street Easington Lane son single labourer aged 18 born Long Marston 1901 RG13 4694 16 at 1 Buttsfield Terrace Penshaw head married coal miner stoneman aged 48 born Long Marston Gloucestershire 1911 RG14 30248 242 at 29 Kitchener Terrace Sunderland 3 rooms head married carrier aged 58 born Gloucestershire