Birth: Circa 1811 Lock Fields, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK
Father: William Challis b1796-b1870
Mother: Unknown
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 12 June 1837 St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, UK
Wife: Mary Jane Rogers c1812-1868
Marriage: 17 October 1870 St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Wife: Sarah Ann Vickery [James]
Marriage: 1 June 1879 St Peter, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Wife: Sarah Jane Lawes [Judd] c1827-1904
Death: April-May 1891 St Saviour, Southwark, London, UK
By Mary
Joshua William Challis 1838
Thomas Jabez Challis 1840
Frederick Challis 1841-1919
Maria Alice Challis 1842
Mary Jane Challis 1845
William Henry Challis 1847
John Rogers Challis 1849
James Challis 1850
Edmund Challis 1852
Charlotte Challis [Ellson] 1854-1927
Louisa Emily Challis 1857-1869
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Joshua Challis and Mary Jane Rogers on 12 June 1837 at Saint Giles, Camberwell, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Joshua Challis and Mary Jane Rogers on 12 June 1837 at St Giles, Camberwell, Southwark. "Page 173 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St Giles, Camberwell in the County of Surrey in the Year 1837 [...] Joshua Challis of this Parish Bachelor and Mary Ann Rogers of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns on this Twelfth Day of June in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and thity seven [...] in the Presence of Henry Thomas King and Maria Ann Rogers. No 578."
In the 1841 census as Joshua Challis aged 30 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Surrey, a clerk, and living with Mary (wife?) and Frederick (son?) in Albion Street, Rotherhithe, Surrey.
In the 1851 census as Johna (sic - in the index, Joshua on the original) Challis aged 40, born in St Saviours, Surrey, an accountant, and living with his wife (Mary Jane), five sons (Frederick, James, John Rogers, Thomas Paboz and William Hy), two daughters (Maria Alice and Mary Jane) and a ? (Sarah Smith aged 32, born in Twickenham, Middlesex, married, and husband at sea) at 16 Charles Street, Southwark St John Horsleydown, Surrey.
In the 1861 census as Joshua Challis aged 50, born in St Saviour, Surrey, an accountant, and living with his wife (Mary J), four sons (Edmund, James, John R and William H) and four daughters (Charlotte, Louisa, Maria A and Mary J) at 2 Church Row, Southwark St John Horsleydown, Surrey. Another family was living at the same address.
His wife died in Bermondsey in 1868 aged 55.
Marriage of Joshua Challis and Sarah Ann James in FreeBMD in October-December 1870 in St Saviour (1d 165).
There are two entries in Ancestry All London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the banns of Joshua Challis and Sarah Ann James on 16 October 1870 at St Saviour, Southwark. "No. 1222 Banns of Marriage between Joshua Challis: Widower and Sarah Ann James: Widow were published on the Tree Sundays underwritten; That is to say, On Sunday the 2 Octr [...] On Sunday the 9 D [...] On Sunday the 16 D". and the marriage of Joshua Challis, father William Challis and Sarah Ann James, father James Vickery, on 17 October 1870 at St Saviour, Southwark. "Page 111 1870 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Saviour Southwark in the County of Surrey. No. 221 17th October 1870 Joshua Challis of full age, a Widower and Accountant of Grange Road, Bermondsey, father William Challis, a Foreman in London Docks, and Sarah Ann James of full age and a Widow of Grange Road, Bermondsey, father James Vickery, a Blacksmith. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of Edward Sampson Hogg and Maria Hogg".
There is an entry in Ancestry London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930 for Joshua Challis admitted to Newington Workhouse, Westmoreland Road on 10 May 1877 born in 1811, a clerk of St Georges.
Marriage of Joshua Challis and Sarah Jane Judd in FreeBMD in April-June 1879 in St Saviour (1d 141).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Joshua Charles, father William Charles, and Sarah Jane Judd, father John Judd on 1 June 1879 at St Peter, Southwark. "Page 127 1879 Marriage solemnized at the Church of St Peter in the District Parish of St Peter Southwark in the County of Surrey. No. 253 June 1st 1879 Joshua Challis of full age, a Widower and Accountant of 40 South Street, Bury Road, father William Challis, deceased, and Sarah Jane Judd of full age and a Widow of 43 ?, father John Lawes, Deceased. Married in theabove named church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [parts illegible]".
In the 1881 census as Joshua Challis aged 65, born in Southwark, an accountant, and living with his wife (Sarah J), son (John R) and a servant (Victoria Miges aged 14 and born in UK) at 127 Webbs County Terrace, Trinity Newington, London. Another family was living at the same address.
There are four entries in Ancestry London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930 for Joshua Challis admitted to Homerton Workhouse on 22 June 1881, discharged on 7 July 1881 at own request, a widower and a clerk aged 71,of 42 The Minories, admitted to Homerton Workhouse on 27 July 1881, discharged on 22 August 1881 at own request, a widower and an accountant aged 71, of 9 The Minories, admitted to Newington Workhouse, Westmoreland Road on 10 March 1882 born in 1810, a clerk of Newington, admitted to Homerton Workhouse on 13 October 1882, discharged on 3 November 1882 at own request, a widower and a clerk aged 72, of Crutch Friars (Crutched Friars, Fenchurch), and admitted to Christ Church Workhouse on 13 Apr 1885 born in 1810, and a accountant of Christ Church.
In the 1891 census as Joshua Challis aged 75, born in Locks Fields, London, a clerk, and living with his wife (Sarah J) in two rooms at 16 Harper Street, Trinity Newington, London. Another three families lived at the same address.
Death of Joshua Challis in FreeBMD in April-May 1891 aged 72 in St Saviour Southwark (1d 61).
There are six entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Joshua Challis born in 1810/11 in Bermonsey, St Saviours, Surrey, his marriage to Mary Jane (one gives his wife as Maria Rogers), and a son Joshua William (two give eleven and twelve children).
Locks fields was the area SW of the roundabout where the A2, A201 and A100 meet. Southwark St John Horsleydown was a small parish on the south bank of the River Thames in London, opposite the Tower of London. The name Horsleydown, apparently derived from the "horse lie-down" next to the river, is no longer used. The parish was created by splitting St Olave's parish in 1733. Horselydown Lane is parallel to and SW of the southern approach to Tower Bridge. St Saviour was transfered to London in 1889.
Joshua Challis was the grandfather of Frederick William Challis, husband of Marion Annie Davis, my first cousin once removed.
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