John Smethurst was born ca 1784 in Farnworth, Lancashire (best guess from census records). He married Ann Birch of Odaret Shropshire (daughter of Sarah) prior to 1829. By 1829 the family was living in Pendlebury, Lancashire. By 1837, they had moved to Salford, Lancashire. By 1851, they were in Bowden, Cheshire. For the 1861 census, they were back in Lancashire at Cheetham. I haven't found either John or Ann in the 1871 census. Daughter Eleanor Smethurst married Thomas Boardman in 1860 at Dunham Massey, Cheshire