William Wells - County Down

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Seeking any information re William Wells (born about 1811-1816 in County Down), married Margaret Duke about 1833-1838 in County Down.

Moved to Lanarkshire by 1870s, then to NSW Australia.

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rom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/W/We.htm

William   WELLS   .   Co. Down   a farm labourer, with wife, arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand on board ' William Miles' (1103 tons which arrived from Bristol 21 aug 1860   PL
William   WELLS   .   Magheradrool   in Lower Ballykine, leased 6 acres of arable land and 2 acres of bog in 1782 from Lorsd Moira   EMLR
William    WELLS   .   Seapatrick   regd. Banbridge; husband of Mary McMurray; father of Henry b. 17 Apr 1866   CR   

Matthew   DUKE   .   Kilcoo   husband of Elizabeth Disney ; father of Jane bpt. May 1787 & Francis bpt. 31 Mar 1789 & Matthew bpt. 5 Apr 1791 & John bpt. 17 Oct 1792 & Margaret bpt. 30 Jul 1794 & Jane bpt. 31 Dec 1795 & Mary bpt. 3 Sep 1797 at Bryansford Church of Ireland   PR; FHL #823750
Margarets birth 1794 listed by https://www.ancestryireland.com you buy credirs to see more

Genes Reunited
William   Wells   1811   County Down, Northern Ireland   No   Denise
William   Wells   1830   Probably Bleary, Co ...   No   Kat
also has some Mary dukes no Margaret
also has english and scottish census 1841
a William is a painter aged 30 living in bath lane  Lanark  in 1851 b england a house painter [Journeyman} m to a Janet aged 30 ie b1811 but neither show where born
children  in 1851 census Janet 38 b Ayrshire in 1861 William is 248 b midlothian
janet b1829
catherine b 1832 Lanarkshire
georgina b 1834 Lanarkshire
mary b 1839 b lanarkshire glasgow in 1851
 William b 1854 b lanarkshire glasgow in 1861

then I found your link
Willaim Wells a hawker b 1816 Ireland m Maraget  b 1818 Ireland
children
Samuel b 1851 Ireland coal miner in 1871
William Wells b 1855 Ireland Ireland coal miner in 1871
Mary b1857 Ireland coal miner in 1871
Elizabeth Wells b 1860 Ireland  scholar

https://www.ancestryireland.com/ has a William James Wells b 1855 but father named James

I think the way forward will be establishing the children births with help from other members  peoples and locating their original homestead if they had one.and church records