William Timmins and wife Sarah

[revmother2]

Looking carefully on the 1851 Claverley Shropshire census
> at 23 Heathton are
> Wm Steward head 35 Ag lb
> Mary wife 24
> Wm son 3 and John son 8 mths.
> Father Wm could be the Wm Steward who was a witness at Sarah and Edwins
> marriage.
>
> at 24 Heathton (next door)
> are William Timmins head 62 ag lab
> Sarah wife 61
> jane Phillips 11 visitor.
>
> and on 1861
> Claverley
> Wm Timmins head 73
> sarah wife 72
> and Mary Ann Gittins granddaughter age 12
>
> the last obviously dau sarah's dau from her first marriage.
>
> Surely those two entries make Sarah Timmins/gittins/steward parents to be
> William Timmins as on my wedding certificate and his wife sarah.

Hi folks
quoted above is what we (my brother myself and another relative) have just sorted out. we had a variety of fathers for Sarah Timmins/gittins/steward, but now know they were William (from her marriage certificate to Edwin Steward) and sarah.
The help I would like is to try and find what her mother's maiden name was so I can trace that back. I am a direct descendant of her first husband John Gittins
thanks
revmother
oops, maybe I should have put this on the Shropshire or Worcs pages, they moved all around that area.

[skylark]

I don't know whether this helps, but I see Sarah was born in Wombourn, and according to the IGI the following children of a William and Sarah Timmins were Christened in Wombourn.

Elizabeth ch. 3 Apr 1814
John ch. 9 Aug 1812
Thomas ch. 25 Oct 1818
Sarah ch. 30 Jul 1820

Just spotted on the 1861 census - as well as Mary Ann Gittins, who is living with William and Sarah, there is also William's brother in law Joseph Powney age 60 lab. b. Wombourn (Can be found on the 1851 census married to Hannah.) So Powney should be the surname of Sarah.

Jean

[revmother2]

Thank you Skylark
Some interesting info there, we shall follow it up.
Thank you for your help
revmother