Posted By:	Brenda MacCulloch
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	Subject:	James Challinor Sydney NSW
	Post Date:	October 30, 2007 at 10:38:19
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	Forum:	Challinor Family Genealogy Forum
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Hi I am trying to clarify the wives of James CHALLINOR, who was a grain dealer in Sydney, NSW Australia. James married Janet SOMMERVILLE in 1864, in Sydney but on the certificate it states he was a 'Widower'. I searched the NSW deaths for a likely former wife and found a Mary A. CHALLINOR who died (Reg Number 1095/1863) the year before in 1863 it says her father's name was WOODS, his first name 'unknown'. There is a birth the year before to a James CHALLINOR and Mary A. CHALLINOR in Sydney. RegNumber 880/1856 CHALLINOR        CHARLES J So Mary may have died in childbirth and James remarried Janet SOMERVILLE the following year.                      However, just to confuse and confound the issue, I have found another Mary A. CHALLINOR married to a Samuel CHALLINOR. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Brenda Hamilton, New Zealand