A little more searching has shown me that it must have been difficult to keep
the PARFITTs and CHALLENGERs apart!! I now find that Anna Maria CHALLENGER's
sister Martha, b.1846, married Abel PARFITT at Camerton 16th.Oct.1864.The
witnesses were James & Lydia EDWARDS. Lydia was Abel's sister.
Abel and Martha's children, all baptised at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
Carlingcott were;
Mary. Bapt.2nd.April 1865.
Melinda. Bapt.15th.Aug.1867..............Buried 9th.June 1872.
William. Bapt.25th.Dec.1869.
Melinda. b.1873, no baptism found.
Frederick. b.1875, no baptism found.
Harry. Bapt.19th.Dec.1876.
Emma. Bapt.16th.March 1879.
Dora. Bapt.4th.Dec.1881...........Must have died as a child.
Dora. Bapt.3rd.Aug.1884.
Annie. Bapt.26th.May 1886.......I think died as a child.
David. b.1889, no baptism found.
In the 1871 and 1881 census Abel, Martha and family are shown living at Wick
Lane, Camerton and the 1891 shows them at Ashgrove.
David.