Hi I am looking for more info about William Heathcote he was born in Ashbourne Derbyshire in 1819 to father William and mother possibly Mary or Ann. He married ELizabeth Wigley and had 2 children Fanny born 1843 and Sarah born 1841 both born in Sturston Ashbourne. ELizabeth died around 1848 when the children were little and I am struggling to find out what happen to WIlliam after that. Frances is listed on the 1861 cenusu living in Mellor with her uncle HEnry Roe Wigley and later married a man from Marple and moved to Nottingham. Sarah is living with her uncle Thomas Smith on the 1861 census in Ashbourne. I am trying to find out if WIlliam Heathcote Senior (father of William born 1819) sister Mary married Thomas Smith as there is a Smith connection I am trying to make.
Any help would be gratefully received, Thomas Smith was born in Cheddleton Staffs in 1797.
William Senior was also born in Staffordshire around the late 1700s, many thanks,
Helen