Thank you BallyaltikilliganG. There are two William Law Bestalls that I found One married Elizabeth French in 1873, so he is ruled out unless he’s a cousin etc.
The other died in 1867 but the civil records can pat be viewed yet online. It states he was 67 when he died meaning he was born circa 1800, his death is recorded in Rathdrum which is where my ancestors lived but I think his wife was called Catherine
It appears that there’s a total brick wall regarding William and Anne and that’s why I started looking elsewhere in England and Wales but as yet nothing again. That doesn’t mean there is nothing there are loads of records for William Bestall’s in England but In doing so I haven’t ruled out Ireland, the problem is the missing records and the records that can’t be viewed online yet I think.
Been looking for years and getting absolutely nowhere ( so many different spellings in the transcriptions of the surname isn’t helping either (a’s Interprepted as e’s and e’s interpreted as i’s) Also baptism records and birth certificates for the same people have different spellings as well. There’s at least 9 variations but mainly the difference is one L or two L’s.
To me Bestal and Bestall have got to be the correct as it appears these two are the most common ways to spell the name
Maybe one day I’ll find out but I’ve got nowhere in the past 15 years apart from last year when I found William and Anne due to find my past uploaded baptism certificates.
Thanks again
