Penny
Thank you so much for all of this. Excellent background with some intriguing mysteries. I always prefer to see copies of actual records and the burial entries will be a valuable addition to my vast archive.
Patrick and Mary (nee Quin) were born in Ireland in 1806 and 1810 respectively. They moved to Lincoln before being recorded on the 1851 census living in Ashton’s Court, St Peter at Gowts, where they were also in 1861. 1871 they were in Gowts Passage - appears to have been somewhere off the High Street at around no. 404-405. Their last ‘sighting’ in 1881 was in Princess Street.
Patrick was a bricklayer, no doubt one of many who escaped the Famine to make a life for his family in England. His son Thomas, also born Annagh Co. Mayo, married a Lincs lass Jane Emmingham - I have her family back 5 generations to the 1650s in Corringham. A daughter of Thomas and Jane was Mary Ann King, my Nanna’s mother.
Patrick and Mary King were Catholic, confirmed by the priest holding the service, and possibly the reason for unconsecrated ground. I would not expect an MI.
The Loewental information may just be as you suspect - overspill from the next plot. I have not located the lives of all of Patrick and Mary King’s children so there is a possible connection - unlikely. More research needed.
Once again many thanks. Our visit is short, with a lot to do. Many churches and graveyards unfortunately no longer exist like St Martins where Thomas King and Jane Emmingham were married - I have just learned today that one - St Botolphs - has recently been sold to the Greek Orthodox Church. At least it still stands!
I have emailed the bereavement address for some guidance on the cemetery.
David
