18 Aug 2023
Wife: Amelia Ellis
Born: 16 Jan 1887 in London 1 Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 1) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Father: Mother:
Husband: Sidney James Challis Married: 1913 in Cambridgeshire 2
Born: 14 Mar 1886 in Bottisham Lode, Cambridgeshire 2,1 (see note 2) Census: 1891 in Bottisham Lode, Cambridgeshire (see note 3) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Occupation: 1939 General Labourer 1 Father: Mother:
M Child 1: James Frederick Challis Born: 4 Sep 1915 in Cambridge 2,1 (see note 4) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Occupation: 1939 Printers Assistant 1 Member: 1948 - 1950 Trumpington Allotment Society 3 Resided: 1948 - 1970 at 65 Paget Road, Trumpington 4 Occupation: 1948 - 1949 Furniture Salesman 5,3 Died: 1994 in Cambridge 6 (see note 5) Wife: Olive Lillian Butler b. ABT 1919 d. 2014 Married: 1940 in Cambridge 2 (see note 6)
M Child 2: Leonard William G Challis Born: 24 Aug 1920 in Cambridge 2,1 (see note 7) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Occupation: 1939 - 1948 Grocery Shop Assistant 1,3 Member: 1948 - 1950 Trumpington Allotment Society 3 Resided: 1948 - 1953 at 9 Paget Road, Trumpington 4 Died: 2005 in Cambridge 6 (see note 8) Wife: Evelyn W Bowd b. 1920 d. 1968 Married: 1941 in Cambridge 2 (see note 9)
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) FreeBMD website. (3) Trumpington Allotment Society records. (4) Electoral Register. (5) Baptism records of children. (6) Index on ancestry.co.uk.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 24, born Clapham, with sister Lydia Edwards (born Wilbraham, married) Note (2) Sydney James Challis: Jun 1886 Newmarket 3b 566 Note (3) Age 5, born Bottisham Fen, with family Note (4) Dec 1015 Cambridge 3b 701 mothers surname Ellis Note (5) Jul 1994 Cambridge born 4 Sep 1915 Note (6) Jun 1940 Cambridge 3b 1698 Note (7) Dec 1920 Cambridge 3b 755 mothers surname Ellis Note (8) Jan 2005 Cambridge born 24 Aug 1920 Note (9) Jun 1941 Cambridge 3b 1678 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index