William
Smedley
Born in Melbourne, Derbyshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Smedley
and Mary (Toons) Smedley
Brother of
John Smedley, Jane (Smedley) Dexter, Mary (Smedley) Allen, Sarah (Smedley) Young, Thomas Smedley and Samuel Smedley
Husband of
Mary (Cheatle) Smedley
— married
19 Apr 1819 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Frances (Smedley) Arthur, John Smedley, Sarah (Smedley) Bodell, Mary Smedley, William Smedley, Catherine Smedley, William Smedley, Samuel Young Smedley, Thomas Smedley, John Smedley, Joseph Smedley, Henry Smedley and Jane Smedley
Died
at age 72
in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Name: William SMEDLEY
Christening: in 1811
Note: Primitive Methodist Minister Rev J Hucknall officiated at his funeral at Ashby Cemetery - he is interred Plot # 1525 Entry # 935. He was a boot and shoemaker, smallware dealer, a grocer, a general dealer and cordwainer.
Mary is buried Plot # 1525 Entry # 1427. Primitive Methodist Minister Rev W J Brownson officiated at her funeral.
They had thirteen children, Frances (1819-1970), Sarah (1823-1878), John (1826-1834), Mary (1826- 1907), William (1827-1828), Catherine (1829-1844), William (1831-1893), Samuel Young (1833-1920), Thomas (1835-1866), John (1836-1844), Joseph (1839-1911), Henry (Harry) (1841-1925) and Jane (1844-1916).
- An exhaustive and prolifically documented account of the Smedley Family can be found at http://www.andycadman.force9.co.uk/JakeSmedley.htm
Marriage
- William Smedley married Mary Cheatle on 19 April 1819 at St. Helen’s Church, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire[1]
Death
- William Smedley passed away in 1870 in Ashby de la Zouch RD, Leicestershire[2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817fe5de93790eb7f00b883/mary-cheatle-william-smedley-marriage-leicestershire-ashby-de-la-zouch-1819-04-19?locale=en
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1870, J Quarter, Ashby de la Zouch, 7A/56; 73 yrs
- Media: Church Abbreviation: Book for the Methodist Societies Title: Book for the Methodist Societies Author: Rev Marshall Claxton Reference: Pages 1,2 &12.
- Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media\WmSmedley
- from rough notes in family history book.
William Smedley was the brother of my Great-great-grandfather Samuel Smedley of Bulli near Sydney Australia. (from Ashby de la Zouch)
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Andrew Smedley
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~0.39%
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