Sarah Challenger

Female26 August 1912–February 2002

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah Challenger was born on 26 August 1912, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She married Benjamin Loach in 1934, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died in February 2002, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Loach
1910–1985
Sarah Challenger
1912–2002
Marriage: 1934
Kenneth Loach
–2017

Sources (6)

  • Sarah Challenger Free BMD Birth Registration
  • Challenger, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  • Sarah Challenger FindMyPast Death Record

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1934Rochdale, Lancashire, England
  • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1914

    Age 2

    Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

    1914 · Britain Enters the Great War

    Age 2

    After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.

    1940

    Age 28

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English chalenger, chalangeour, an agent derivative of Middle English chalangen ‘to challenge’ (Old French chalonger), possibly anecdotal in origin or applied as a nickname for a quarrelsome or litigious person.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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