Alwyn Matthew ARDRON (1935 -)
Father: Matthew
Ardron (1907 - 1978)
Mother: Sarah Phelps (1909 -)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born in 1935 in the registration district of Worksop. (Jane Kelly (nee Ardron) + GRO ref Worksop 7b 72 Jun 1935)
1935 in July the first Penguin paperbacks go on sale, costing just 6
pence, bringing literature to the masses
1936 Death of
King George V, succeeded by King Edward VIII
1936
Abdication of King Edward VIII in order to marry Wallace Simpson, succeeded by
King George VI
1938 December It was announced in the House of Commons
that in the event of war, a National Register would be taken that listed the
personal details of every civilian in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This
Register was to be a critical tool in coordinating the war effort at home. It
would be used to issue identity cards, organise rationing and more
1939 On September 3 Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce
to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and
Germany. World War II had begun
1939
REGISTER?? Record currently closed - Probably living with his parents
On 29 September 1939
National Registration Day took place. The register shows Matthew and family
were living at 109 Laughton Road, Kiveton Park [a village within the
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham]:
a) Matthew Ardron, [born] 29 September 1907, married, railway engineering
maintenance, platelayer (repair staff)
b) Sarah Ardron, 22 August
1909, married, unpaid domestic duties [it is not clear why an amendment was
subsequently made to change Sarah Ardron to Sarah A Hargreaves]
c) This record is officially
closed as at July 2018 due to the 100 years rule – expected to be their son
Alwyn
(TNA r39_3789_3789c_011)
1939-45 World
War II
1941
Population of England reaches 39,145,000
1944 Butler
Education Act - framework for new free comprehensive secondary education for
all
1947 on 1 January Britain's coal industry is nationalised
1948 National
Health Service established
1948 on 29 July the Olympic Games open at Wembley
Stadium in
1951
Population of England reaches 41,228,000
1952 Death of
King George VI, succeeded by Queen Elizabeth II
1954
Rationing resulting from ends
1955 on 22 September commercial television starts with the first ITV broadcast
Alwyn married Pauline Farrar in 1955 in the registration district of Claro. (GRO ref Claro 2c 155 Dec 1955 - Farrar, Pauline)
1956 on 17 October
1959 M1
Motorway punched through the Midlands from Watford to
1961
Population of England reaches 43,566,000
1963 The
Profumo Affair
1965 on 8
November the death penalty is abolished
1966 on 30 July
1967 Abortion and homosexuality are legalised
1969 on 2 March Concorde, the world's first supersonic airliner, makes
its maiden flight
1971 on 15 February decimalised currency replaces 'pounds, shillings and
pence'
1971 Population of England reaches 46,412,000
1973 on 1 January
1978 Wide
spread strikes result in the so called “Winter of Discontent”
1979 Margaret
Thatcher becomes
1981 Population of England reaches 46,821,000
Pauline Farrar (1935 - 2001)
She
was born on 12 September 1935. (Based
on GRO death index entry) This would agree with the following
birth index entry (GRO ref Knarebro’ 9a 130 Dec 1935 – Fox)
Pauline
died on 6 July 2001 aged 65. (Raymond
Ardron II + GRO ref Rotherham 2001 July dist no 0451A reg no A58B
ent no 058 dor 701 - [born] 12-Sep-35 + date of death on probate record)
Probate of her estate
was granted on 8 August 2001: “Ardron Pauline [date of death] 6 July 2001 [date
of probate] 8 August 2001 [probate number] 743327” (Wills & Admons, 2001)
ALWYN AND PAULINE HAD
THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
Notes: