Hello John, I have the fiche for burghclere and will be happy to do the look ups for you on Monday when I can get down to the library to use their fiche reader. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lewis" <jayell@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:55 PM Subject: CHALLIS - Burghclere > I seem to recall someone has Burghclere Parish Register fiche and > wonder if they could do some lookups for a correspondent of mine > who is not on this list. > > So far all I have for this name is > > Sarah Challis Born ca 1720, Burghclere. Died in September 1797 - > Coombe, Wilts > Married on 22 September 1741, Sherborne St. John., Hants, to > Henry Baggs 1716-1784, with > > Henry 1745-1807 > William ca 1755 > > The 1851 census index for Burghclere has the following (possible) > family > > Thomas 42 born Bambury?, Wilts > Mary 30 b. Highclere > John 16 b. Burghclere > Isaac 13 b. B'clere > Elizabeth 11 born Whitchurch, Hants > Jane 9 b. B'clere > Martha 6 b. B'clere > Henry 3 b. B'clere > Thomas 4 mths b. B'clere > > What we are after is confirmation that Mary is the wife of Thomas > and mother of the (some?) of the children listed, date of > marriage and name of a previous wife as it looks from the info > she may be a second wife. > > Ron Challis is descended from Isaac Challis who married Eliza > Vince of Ecchinswell in 1858. He gave his age as 21 when he > married so it looks like he could be the 13 year old listed > above. Mary is too young to be his mother. > > TIA > -- > John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. > using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >