CHALLINOR, William

William Challinor

Ferry Road, Christchurch

William Challinor born circa 1857 Walsall, Staffordshire, England son of Thomas Challinor [1861 - clerk at a paper mill] and Harriet Dearn, reg. July-Sept 1857 Birmingham, vol. 6d page 86, arrived New Zealand about 1879-1880 [2], died 29 January 1915, Christchurch, New Zealand aged 59 years, buried 31 January 1915 Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, block 1D, plot 62, married 24 January 1880, New Zealand, reg. 1880/3166, Elizabeth Fryer nee Thompson born circa 1835, daughter of Stephen Thompson, farmer, died 10 October 1915 at the residence of John Reginald Hayes Archer, Croydon Street, Sydenham, Christchurch aged 80 years reg. 1915/8976, buried Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, block E Row 56 plot 137, she married 1stly 4 August 1859 St Philips Church, Birmingham, England, George Fryar [not Fryer], warehouseman, born circa 1834 Kington, Herefordshire, England son of George Fryar, labourer, reg. July-Aug 1859 Birmingham vol 6d, page 179, [reg. as Fryar]

 

issue:

Charles Edward Challinor born 23 October 1880, reg. 1880/14873, died 22 March 1882 aged 17 months, reg. 1882/1671, buried 24 March 1882 Addington Cemetery, plot 910B [as Charles Edward Chullenor] - Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database.

 

children of Elizabeth Thompson and George Fryer:

1. Steven Fryer [or Stephen Fryer?] born circa 1860 Birmingham, reg. Jan-Mar 1860 Birmingham vol. 6d page 10, baptised 16 September 1860 Walton Cardiff, Gloucestershire, alive in 1915

 

2. Agnes Fryer born 18 November 1863, reg. Dec 1862 Birmingham vol. 6d page 69, died 16 August 1911, Taheke, Auckland, New Zealand, married 1stly 5 February 1883 at St Peter's Church, Wellington, New Zealand by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, William Tregea [publican], fifth son of the late John Butson Tregea, Nelson, he died 17 January 1893 Collingwood Street, Nelson aged 38 years, married 2ndly 1903  John Welborn, he died 14 June 1917, 36 Mozeley Avenue, Devonport, Auckland

issue:

2a. John Joseph Reid Dodson Tregea born circa 1884, reg. 1884/2383, died 1910 aged 26 years, reg. 1910/4766

2b. Brinda Louise Tregea born circa 1885, reg. 1885/11330, died 1 May 1920, Auckland, married 22 May 1908 at the house of A. J. Black, Vincent Street, Auckland, reg.  1908/4647 Frederick Henry Malcomson Warner

2c. Gladys Agnes Tregea born circa 1887, reg. 1887/10902  
2d. Ethel Elizabeth Tregea born circa 1884, reg. 1887/10903, died  1888 aged 3 months, reg. 1888/795       

3. Alfred Fryer born 4 September 1864, reg. Dec 1864 Birmingham vol. 6d page 43, alive in 1915

4. Louisa Fryer born circa 1866, reg. Sep 1866 Birmingham vol. 6d page 10, died 12 January 1961 aged 95 years, reg. 1961/22530, married Thomas Coles he died 3 December 1912 Auckland Hospital aged 54 years, his will dated 1 January 1894 was witnessed by William Challinor [his wife's step-father] and Agnes Tregea [his wife's sister].

issue: 

4a. Clifford Reginald Malcolm Coles born 1890, reg. 1890/15107, died 11 February 1909 at his parent's residence, Park Road, Auckland aged 18 years, reg. 1909/81

  

5. Herbert Fryer born circa 1868, reg. Dec 1868 Birmingham vol. 6d page 28, alive in 1915.

 

 

 Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1937, 10 May 1880, Page 2

 The Willow Bank Store was located in Windmill Road, Sydenham, Christchurch (later part of Antigua Street).

 

 

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8149, 21 April 1887, Page 1

 

 

... Mr W. Challoner [sic] will deliver a lecture in the Christadelphian meeting place (the Druids’ Hall) in the evening on "The Gospel of the Bible versus the Gospel of Modern Religious Belief.”

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9666, 5 March 1892, Page 4

 

 
departed Wellington 18 January 1894 on the Rimutaka for London via Rio as a steerage passenger - W. Challinor

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 16, 19 January 1894, Page 2

 

 

To The Editor. Sir - I presume most of your readers will acknowledge that Mr Joseph Chamberlain at least one of the strong men of the present British Cabinet Ministers; also that he is a shrewd, level-headed business man. Birmingham, the city he represents, will also be acknowledged to be among those whose history spells reform, general progression and general good management. I see the Greater Christchurch committee of Sydenham mention, among other cities, Birmingham. I am glad of this, because I am a native of that city, and know something about it, and it is; only just at this present junction of municipal affairs to say what I know...All this was in progress twenty three years ago when, unfortunately; I left for New Zealand. Some eight years ago I went Home, and was able to see the fruits of all this municipal enterprise, and we must judge things by their fruits. I found my native city very different, indeed, from what it was when I left it. Much of it I did not recognise at all, but speaking generally, I found a clean, well-lighted, well-built, well-ordered city in every way, and the fruits collectively spelt organisation and amalgamation. I remember there was a great shaking of old heads, my father's among the number, and all sorts of gloomy predictions were made. But, thanks to Mr Chamberlain's business acumen, it is now all right...
I am, etc., W. Challinor, Ferry Road, Sydenham.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13037, 29 January 1903, Page 6

 

The Rev. E. H. Hughes (Baptist) and Mr. Wm. Challinor (Christadelphian) are gazetted officiating ministers under the Marriage Act.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 757, 4 March 1910, Page 4

 

 

Killed by a Train.

Indication of Suicide,

A horrifying discovery was made by a railway employee at about 5.30 clock this morning, when the body of a man named William Challinor was found on the Waltham Road railway crossing in a terribly mutilated condition.

The deceased had been living with Mrs Boddington, of 53 Whiteleigh Avenue, Lower Riccarton, since last Tuesday, and had arranged to stay for one month. He had been in poor health, and was last seen alive by Mrs Boddington, prior to going to bed last evening. At about 2.30 o'clock this morning the deceased got out of bed, and was subsequently found on the Waltham Road railway crossing. The police were then summoned, and Sergeant Dwan examined the body, and found the deceased's back and left arm broken, and also very serious scalp wounds. He was in a terribly mangled condition, and was quite dead.

The deceased, who was a tea traveller, had been suffering from chronic dyspepsia, and prior to leaving his bed, had left a note stating his intention of doing away with himself. It is believed that deceased was struck by a shunting engine. An inquest will be held at the morgue at 4 o'clock this afternoon.

Sun, Volume I, Issue 305, 29 January 1915, Page 8

At an inquest held yesterday afternoon concerning the death of William Challinor, who was found on the Waltham Road railway crossing at an early hour in the morning, the coroner returned a verdict that, deceased was killed by an engine at Waltham Road crossing. There was no evidence as to how he came to be on the line.

Sun, Volume I, Issue 306, 30 January 1915, Page 2 

 

Killed on the Railway
Christchurch Man's End

The body of a man shockingly mutilated was found twenty yards from the Waltham railway crossing yesterday morning. It was nearly cut in two, the legs were broken and the hands were severed from the arms. The remains were identified as those of William Challinor, a canvasser, who had been residing with Mr Boddington, 53, Whiteleigh Avenue, Lower Riccarton. Challinor had been in poor health.

An inquest was conducted by Mr T. A. B. Bailey, Coroner, in the afternoon.

Albert Lee, a resident of Hastings Street, Sydenham, stated that he had know [sic] the deceased for about thirty years. Challinor was fifty-eight years of age. When witness saw him on Monday his health and memory seemed to be failing.

Elizabeth Boddington, of 53, Whiteleigh Avenue, stated that deceased went to her place on Tuesday morning, and stayed there. He was in poor health, and about 2.20 that morning she heard him leave the house. He was in great pain, and declared that he would not suffer it much longer.

William Mickle, railway goods foreman, said that he found the body at 5.20 a.m., when he was going to the railway yard at Waltham. The body had been dragged about twenty feet. He thought that the cowcatcher of an engine had struck the body and carried it along the rails to a recess, into which the body was dropped. The body, apparently, was not across the rails, but way lying along one of them, on the outside, and the corner of the cowcatcher caught it.

Sergeant Jackson said that all the engines had been examined, and no blood was found on any of them. Constable Wilson, of Woolston, said that on the desk in deceased's sitting-room he had found a note saying goodbye to some friends and thanking them for their kindness. Witness had seen the driver of the train that passed along the line early in the morning, but he knew nothing of the accident. The crossing-keeper was not present early in the morning at the place where the accident occurred.

The Coroner returned a verdict that the deceased was killed by a passing railway engine; that there was no evidence to show how he came by his death, but the evidence pointed to the fact that he committed suicide while temporarily of unsound mind.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16774, 30 January 1915, Page 9

 

  

William Challinor was buried in block 1D, plot 62, Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch

Sydenham Cemetery plan, blocks 1D to 8D, Christchurch City Libraries

 

 

Approximate location of plot, Sydenham Cemetery 

Christchurch City Libraries

 

1906 - Challinor Wm, Ferry Road, Sydenham, Christchurch
1914 - Challinor Wm, 52 Ferry Road, Sydenham, Christchurch
1915 - Tea Agent

 

 

above and below - William Challinor's headstone and grave at Sydenham Cemetery

[photographed 14 August 2022]

 

  

Lancaster Studio

Ferry Road, Christchurch

about November 1899 - October 1904

 

Lyttelton Times, Volume CII, Issue 12052, 18 November 1899, Page 11

The studio was located next to the Lancaster Park Hotel in Ferry Road and near to Lancaster Park 

 

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7707, 16 May 1903, Page 5

 

 

 

 

 

Swiss Studio 

Ferry Road, Christchurch

from October 1904 - about 1911

 

 

 

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXII, Issue 13582, 31 October 1904, Page 1

 

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10097, 8 March 1911, Page 3

 

Pictured here with the bicycle is my grandfather's uncle, Robert Gudsell (1863-1954) and his wife Maria Margaret Boekenstein who stands by the open gate. Also shown are their sons John Thomas Gudsell (1891-1917) and William Alexander Gudsell (1889-1862) and Maria's sister Alice Boekenstein. John was killed in action during the third battle of Ypres at Passchendaele. (This photograph was copied from the original held by William John Gudsell of Sydney, Australia who died in 1995. The location of the original photograph is now not known).

 

[1] The signature of William Challinor at the top of this page comes from the the Probate papers relating to the death of Thomas Coles in 1912 - Item Code: R21443827, 1913 - Archives New Zealand.

 

[2]...Now, Sir, I have enjoyed the honour being a Christadelphian, both in England and in this country, and I hope to die one. But it is the first time during the eleven years of my connection with this body that I have been made aware of Christadelphians holding the above views ...
Star (Christchurch), Issue 6750, 14 January 1890, Page 2