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Facts and Events
Charlotte Bailey was baptised on 16th May 1812 at North Mundham in Sussex, daughter of Mary Bailey, formerly Edwards, and her husband Joseph Bailey, an agricultural labourer. Charlotte was the third of her parents' eleven children. Some time between 1812 and 1814 the family left North Mundham and moved to the neighbouring parish of Pagham, where they lived in the hamlet of Lagness between 1814 and 1820. Charlotte's maternal grandmother, Susannah Edwards, also lived at Lagness. Charlotte's parents moved from Lagness to Nyetimber, another hamlet in Pagham parish, between 1820 and 1823.
Charlotte's grandmother died in 1832. The following year Charlotte's mother died.
On 30th May 1836, aged 24, Charlotte married a gardener named William Challen. He was a widower, with four children from his first marriage. Charlotte and William went on to have another four children baptised at Pagham between 1837 and 1844, although one died young. The 1841 census finds Charlotte, William and their children living at Pagham Point. Charlotte's father Joseph was still living nearby at Nyetimber.
Charlotte died aged 32, being buried at Pagham on 21st February 1845. William outlived her by 22 years and remarried two years after her death. Charlotte's father also outlived her.
References
- ↑ Parish Register Transcription Society. North Mundham Parish Register Transcript.
ch. 16 May 1812: Charlotte daughter of Joseph & Mary Bailey
This baptism has been linked to the Charlotte Bailey who married William Challen on the basis that the baptism is at the right time to tally with her age at death. When Charlotte and William married in 1836 she was said to be of the parish of Pagham. Whilst the Charlotte baptised in 1812 was not baptised in Pagham but in the neighbouring parish of North Mundham, it can be shown that her parents had moved to Pagham while she was small - her younger siblings were all baptised at Pagham. Several online trees have linked the Charlotte Bailey who married William Challen to the baptism of Charlotte Bailey in Pagham in 1814, daughter of Charles and Phoebe Bailey. This is considered incorrect. The Charlotte baptised in 1814 married James Pay at North Mundham in 1838, with her marriage explicitly saying she was daughter of Charles. Still other online trees believe that the Charlotte baptised at North Mundham in 1812 went on to marry James Lintott Gibbons and appear in the censuses together. This is also considered a mistake - that Charlotte's maiden name was Truslar or Trusler and they married at Pagham in 1832.
- ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1099; Book 4; Folio 35; Page 6, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Pagham Point [listed between Harbour Station and Vicarage], Pagham, Sussex
William Challen, male, 30 [1806-11], Gardener, born in county
Charlotte Challen, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
John Challen, male, 10 [1830/1], born in county
Frances Challen, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
William Challen, male 7 [1833/4], born in county
Martha Challen, female, 4 [1836/7], born in county
Thomas Challen, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
Harriet Bailey, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
- Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Charlotte CHALLEN, March Quarter 1845, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 7, page 395
- ↑ Pagham burials, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.
No. 584
Name: Charlotte Challen
Abode: Pagham
Age: 32y [1812/13]
When buried: 21 Feb 1845
By whom the Ceremony was performed: David Evans
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