On the 1871 Census, Shropshire, Pontesbury, William ASHTON has a Son, William aged 9 c1862

1871 Census, Shropshire, Pontesbury

ASHTON

William - 47 Lead Miner, born Montgomery, LLanwnog
Mary - 47 - born Denbigh, Wrexham
Thomas - 18 - all born Pontesbury
John - 14
Edward - 13
Eliza - 11
William - 9
Margaret - 6

1881 Census, Westbury on Severn

High Street

William H ASTON - Boarder, unmarried, age 19, Assistant Ord. Survey, born Shropshire, Pontesbury

1891 Census, Hemsworth, Yorkshire

William ASHTON - age 29 unmarried - Civil Service, Ordnance Branch born Pontesbury, Shropshire