Birth: 4 August 1904 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
Father: William Challis 1877-1954
Mother: Emma Alice Smith 1880-1944
Marriage: April-June 1932 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
Husband: Frank Hurdle 1904-1989
Death: October 1997 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
Mavis E Hurdle [Naz] 1934-a1957
Birth of Grace Edith Challis in FreeBMD in July-September 1904 in Hatfield (3A 792).
Her sister was registered in April-June 1906 and brother in January-March 1908, both in Hatfield.
her sister was born on 17 December 1909 and registered in January-March 1910 in Hatfield.
In the 1911 census as Grace Edith Challis aged 6, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and living with her parents (William and Emma Alice), brother (Norman Stanley) and three sisters (Elizabeth Emily Jane, Evelyne Ethel, and Winefred Eveniec) in four rooms at 8 New Puttock Oak Cottage, Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
Her brother was registered in April-June 1913 in Hatfield.
In the 1921 census as James (sic - in the index, Grace on the original) Edith Challis aged 16 years 10 months, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire in 1904, both parents alive, and living with her parents (William and Emma Alice), two brothers (Eric Ronald and Norman Stanley), three sisters (Elizabeth Jane, Evelyn Edith and Winifred Ellnice), brother-in-law (William James Laurence) and nephew (Ronald Lavinia Willliam) at 36 Primrose Cottages, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
Entry in the Register of Marriages for Grace E Challis and Frank Hurdle in April-June 1932 in Hatfield (3a 1839).
Her daughter was registered in January-March 1934 in Hatfield.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Grace E Hurdle born 4 August 1904, married, and living with Frank Hurdle (husband?) and one other (daughter?) at 26 Broomfield Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire.
Entries in Ancestry British Phone Books, 1880-1984 for F Hurdle, Welwyn 4267, living at 26 Broomfield Road in 1978, 1981 and 1984.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Grace Edith Hurdle, born on 4 August 1904, in October 1997 in Hatfield (C2C 5321C 279).
Two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Grace Edith Challis.
Grace Edith Challis was the wife of Frank Hurdle, my third cousin once removed.
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