18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Ellen Eaton    
                Born: 10 Feb 1889          in Norwich, Norfolk  1,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1891                 in Norwich, Norfolk   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
             Resided: 1955 - 1970          at 81 Foster Road, Trumpington  3
                Died: 1976                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 3)
              Buried: 1976                 in Trumpington  
              Father: Joseph Eaton   (1858 -     ) 
              Mother: Martha Bartram   (1860 -     ) 
             Husband: James Walter Challis     
       Also known as: Walter James Challis 5
             Married: 1918                 in Norwich, Norfolk  1 (see note 4)
                Born: 28 Jun 1889          in Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire  2,1 (see note 5)
              Census: 1911                 in Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire   (see note 6)
          Occupation: 1911                 Marine Store Dealer  
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Coach Painter  2
                Died: 1962                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 7)
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Dorothy May Challis      
                Born:  8 May 1919          in Norwich, Norfolk  1,2 (see note 8)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Tapestry Work  2
             Resided: 1955 - 1970          at 81 Foster Road, Trumpington  3
                Died: 1985                 in Essex  4 (see note 9)
              Buried: 1985                 in Trumpington  
           M Child 2: Jack Walter Challis      
                Born: 1923                 in Norwich, Norfolk  1 (see note 10)
                Died: 2011                   
              Buried: 2011                 in Trumpington  
                Wife: Dorothy May Ellis  b.  1 Nov 1926  d. 2004  
             Married: 1948                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 11)
           F Child 3: Daphne Ellen Challis      
                Born: 16 Mar 1931          in Cambridge  1,2 (see note 12)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
             Resided: 1955 - 1956          at 81 Foster Road, Trumpington  3
                Died: 2019                 in Scotland  6
             Husband: James C Paxton  b. ABT 1919  
             Married: 1957                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 13)

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) Electoral Register. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) 1911 census. 
(6) Ancestry family tree. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Mar 1889 Norwich 4b 151
Note (2) Age 2, born Norwich, with family
Note (3) Jun 1976 Cambridge 9 0704   born 10 Feb 1889
Note (4) Dec 1918 Norwich 4b 304
Note (5) Sep 1889 Linton 3b 510
Note (6) Walter James Challis: age 21, born Castle Camps, with family.  Marine Store
Dealer
Note (7) Sep 1962 Cambridge 4a 239   age 73
Note (8) Jun 1919 Norwich 4b 147   mothers surname Eaton
Note (9) Jun 1985 Uttlesford 9 3161   born 8 May 1919
Note (10) Dec 1923 Norwich 4b 214   mothers surname Challis
Note (11) Sep 1948 Cambridge 4a 585
Note (12) Jun 1931 Cambridge 3b 589   mothers surname Eaton
Note (13) Mar 1957 Cambridge 4a 754

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