Hi Dave
Just to follow John a little further, possibly on his 3rd wife by 1861.
1861 England Census
Name: Joseph Aston Atkins
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza Atkins
Gender: Male
Where born: Covy, Warwickshire, England
Civil parish: Coventry St Michael
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
Town: Coventry
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Registration district: Coventry
Sub-registration district: St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 35
Household schedule number: 87
Piece: 2205
Folio: 59
Page Number: 17
Name Age
Joseph Aston Atkins 37, head, watch possibly motioner
Eliza Atkins 35, wife, b. abt. 1826 Ling Stokington,
Frederick Webb 18, nephew, b. abt. 1843 Ling Stokington, watch motioner
Richard Wimsett 15, app. b. abt. 1846 Calier, Ireland.
Death: Q2 1852 Atkins Emma, Coventry. 6d, 183
Marriage, Q2 1857:
Atkins John, Coventry. 6d, 531
SHORTLAND Elizabeth, Coventry. 6d, 531
SHORTLAND Frederick, Coventry. 6d, 531
Williamson Elizabeth, Coventry. 6d, 531
Geoff