18 Aug 2023                   
             Husband: John Challis    
                Born: ABT 1851             in Elmdon, Essex  
              Census: 1881                 in Barrington, Cambridgeshire   (see note 1)
          Occupation: 1881                 Coprolite Digger  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Lydia Anne Neaves     
       Also known as: Lydia Anne Kneaves 1
             Married: 1877                 near Royston, Hertfordshire  2 (see note 2)
                Born: 1851                 in Barrington, Cambridgeshire  3 (see note 3)
              Census: 1861                 in Barrington, Cambridgeshire   (see note 4)
              Census: 1871                 at Anstey Hall, Trumpington   (see note 5)
          Occupation: 1871                 Kitchenmaid  
              Census: 1881                 in Barrington, Cambridgeshire   (see note 6)
              Census: 1891                 in Barrington, Cambridgeshire   (see note 7)
          Occupation: 1891                 Cook  
                Died: 1932                 near Royston, Hertfordshire  4 (see note 8)
              Father: John Neaves   (1827 -     ) 
              Mother: Ann Stanton   (1830 -     ) 

Sources:
(1) Marriage record. 
(2) FreeBMD website. 
(3) GRO index. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 29, born Elmdon.  Coprolite Digger, with wife Lydia A and two
children
Note (2) Mar 1877 Royston 3a 303   bride name Lydia Anne Kneaves
Note (3) Sep 1851 Royston 6 566   mothers surname Stanton
Note (4) Age 9, born Barrington, with family
Note (5) Age 19, born Barrington, Kitchenmaid
Note (6) Age 29, born Barrington, with husband John Challis and two children
Note (7) Age 39, born Barrington, widow.  Cook
Note (8) Mar 1932 Royston 3a 1142   age 80

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