Adding the surname Smith to the ancestry tree, with some Irish roots connected to the British Army. Anthony Smith 87th Regiment, Nicholas Smith 97th Foot Soldier, James William Smith 43rd Foot Soldier, my 5th, 4th and 3rd great grandfathers. James William was motherless at age 11 and joined the army for LIfe! How did this Irish Catholic lad end up married to my strictly Methodist German Irish-Palatine grandmother, Mary Wilson age 14?
