I found the following CHALLENGER entries in a transcription of the Twerton on
Avon Parish Registers 1813 to 1840.
Baptisms.
7th.July 1819 Ann, daug.of Samuel and Martha. Labourer.
8th.July 1821 Caroline ditto
8th.July 1821 Mary Ann ditto
8th.July 1821 Martha ditto
8th.July 1821 George ditto
8th.July 1821 James ditto
20th.Feb.1825 Joseph, son of Samuel and Charlotte. Cloth Factor.
20th.Feb.1825 Harriet, daug. ditto
5th.March.1826 Caroline, ditto Labourer at
Factory.
1st.Oct.1826 Alfred Charles William, illeg.son of Anna Maria. Twerton.
6th.Apr. 1828 Edward, son of Samuel and Charlotte. Labourer.
18th.Oct.1829 Helen, daug. ditto
17th.July 1831 Charles Edward, son ditto
14th.Oct.1832 Harriet, daug. ditto
14th.Apr. 1833 Anna Maria, daug.of John and Mary Ann. Milwright (sic).
1st.Feb. 1835 Edward, son of Samuel and Charlotte. Cloth Dresser.
Marriage.
15th.Oct.1834 George CHALLENGER to Letitia BENDAL both of Twerton. Banns.
Witnesses Joseph BIRTH and John PENNEY.
Burials.
31st.Aug.1819 Ann 6months.
18th.June 1820 Joseph 15.
15th.Feb.1822 Caroline 12.
12th.Oct.1828 Edward 7months.
26th.May 1830 Harriet 9
28th.Aug.1831 Edward 2months.
20th.Nov.1836 Catherine 69
16th.May 1837 Edward 2yrs.4months.
There may or may not be any connections with the CHALLENGERs just a very few
miles to the South!!
David.