My husband is also a descendant of Margaret through her daughter Lucy! We live in Coventry but I hadnt seen this, thankyou so much, Ive put it in my notes and will investigate further. These are my notes on Patrick which may help with your research:
Born Ireland, in Coventry by 1834. Court appearance in 1839 for stealing lead. On 1841 census on Lockhurst Lane, Foleshill, Coventry with wife and 4 eldest children. Moved to Palmer Lane between 1842-44. Died 1849 of asiatic cholera at New Buildings, near his family on Palmer Lane. A house on New Buildings had been made into a paupers hospital for cholera patients. Death registered by Charlotte Dingley. Further research has shown that Charlotte was assistant to a 'Pauper nurse' called Mary Bird, aged 81. *Patrick's death record is under the spelling of TIMS, and some of his children's birth records have this spelling too, although all used Timms later on and his wife used the name Timms. Buried in a paupers grave with 27 others, buried on 18 Sept 1849 at London Rd cemetery, Coventry. Square 114 grave 30. **Possible marriage: 2 May 1831 Patrick Tims and Elizabeth Bates at St Johns Baptist church, Coventry, witnessed by Sarah Bates and Richard Byrne. Alicia had already been mistranscribed as Eliza on some census reports, maybe her name was pronounced as Elysha, adding to confusion. However, I'd be surprised if they married in a Baptist church....but their children married in Church of England so perhaps Alicia wasnt Catholic, she may have only been born in Ireland for her fathers work, if perhaps he was a soldier? Her 2nd marriage was in a Catholic church but this may have been her husbands religion or perhaps she WAS Catholic but Patrick was from the north of Ireland and therefore Protestant? Need to establish if there was another Patrick Tims/Timms in Coventry who married an Elizabeth Bates. If so, I can rule out that marriage for my couple. No fathers names or other details were given. (Can find no other death entries for a Patrick Tims or Timms and the 1841 Coventry census only has my Patrick Timms. Looks like it may be a definate marriage.) The Sarah Bates may have been married to Daniel Bates, living in Allesley, Coventry in 1841. Or the Sarah Bates living on Bishop St in 1851, or the Sarah Bates on John St in 1851 married to Joseph - if so, she was family. In future years, her grandson Henry Bates would marry Margaret Timms so I think Sarah may have been Alicias sister or cousin.
