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Try www.covfhs.org click on bookshop they have a CD for £5 Foleshill parish registers 1564 to 1837 

Time for a bit of an update 

I have not worked on my Wagstaff/Husselby/Hodgkins line for a while. I have been building on my Olorenshaw links with a distant cousin that I met on Ancestry.

This weekend is Coventry's heritage weekend. All of the city's medieval buildings get opened up for public viewing. In the Herbert Art Gallery we have all of the Coventry family history records. I went for a brows and within the building was members of the Coventry Family History Society selling all of their books and Cd's.

They have updated their CD for the London Road Burials and it now go's up to 1937 the previous edition went up to 1900. Imagine my delight I now have another 37 years worth of transcriptions to play with 

Now for the good bit. I know from the 1911 census John Thomas Wagstaff was alive, by 1918 when his Daughter May married he was listed as Deceased on her marriage certificate. So he died at some point between 1911 and 1918. A search of free BMD between those dates gives me only 2 in war wickshire. One is 27 and the other is 56. This is my John.

Wagstaff John T 56 Coventry 6d 820 2nd Quarter 1915

I purchased the London Rd Burials CD and put Johns name in this is what it gave me
 
Grave 15 Square 226
18/05/1915 Wagstaff John Thomas 56 Workhouse Infirmary  (other address New St)

21/03/1934 Appleby Emily Louisa 78 Gulson Road Hospital (other address 4, Ct 12 Cox street)

Cox St is the address May gave when she married in 1918
Liz you was correct  my Louisa did indeed marry Joseph Appleby and Ada was a child of that marriage. She lied on census returns and her children's birth certificates claiming to be the Wife of John when they never even married.
I now need to try and find out what happened to Joseph Appleby

Thanks for all the time you guys have put in for me  I will update if I find any more

Hi can you give me your views on this widdows name please.
I read it as Esther Vetm what do you guys think?

Hi Alexander,
Sorry to stick my nose in lol
Don't rule out the Mary in London Road, possible theory

John died 1866 leaving 70 year old Mary to cope alone she had no way of supporting herself so she went off to the work house. The reason you cant find he in the 1871 census is probably because the staff from the workhouse filled in the form and maybe got her name and age wrong or left her out alltogether!
We can see from 1861 that they are poor because they are lodging. Would she really of had the money or wanted to travel at the age of 70 after Johns death?
I would go and look for the headstone for you but with them being communal graves there will be no stone.

The only way you will know for sure is if you order the death certificates
Denise