Mary Jane Challis (1867-1940)

Early Life
The daughter of Esther Larby (1837-1901) and Ambrose Challis (1830-1874), an agricultural labourer.

Marriage and Children
Mary Jane Challis married George Ridgeon (1864-1908), a wire worker. They had the following children:
 * Rose A Ridgeon (1889-aft1901) married Ernest Seeley in 1915 in Ely.
 * Leonard Ernest Ridgeon (1900-1985) married Lily M Robbins in 1925 in Poplar and had Constance, Alice, Ivy, George, Myrna and David.