Hi Carole W, he was the son of my GG grandfather, John Smith b abt 1832 Barnoldby Le Beck Lincs, married to a Jane Todd in 1855 Grimsby. John William had several brothers & sisters mostly born Grimsby. I thought i found my John William married to an ELLEN? Maybe her name is wrong? I looked on the 1881 census & found a John William Smith married to Ellen with no children, then i free bmd i found a marriage of a John William Smith to Ellen Gavin in 1881 Caistor, i could be wrong here.