Father: Jeffrey Ardron (1896 - 1963)
Mother: Ellen Dransfield (1900 -)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My
3rd cousin once removed was born in 1928. (GRO ref Rotherham 9c 1040
Sep 1928 - Dransfield)
1928 Equal Franchise Act - All women
are given the same voting rights as men (all over the age of 21)
1928 on 30 September Alexander Fleming
discovers penicillin
1929 on 24 October the Wall Street
Crash sparks the Great Depression
1931 Financial crisis and run on
the pound (Britain abandons the gold standard)
1931 Population of England
reaches 37,395,000
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?? Records officially close – likely to be living with his
parents.
On 29 September 1939 National Registration Day took place. The
register shows Jeffrey and family living at 14 St Leonards Road, Rotherham:
a) (Geoffrey corrected to) Jeffrey Ardron, [born] 24 April 1896, married,
boiler fireman – coal pit above ground
b) Ellen Ardron, 25 November 1900, married, unpaid domestic duties
c) This record is officially closed as at July 2018 due to the 100
years rule
d) This record is officially closed as at July 2018 due to the 100
years rule
e) This record is officially closed as at July 2018 due to the 100
years rule
(TNA r39_3502_3502b_023)
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 London
In 1949 Colin married Mavis Charles. (Dawn Ardron + GRO ref Rotherham
3c 1615 Sep 1949 – Charles) This was a year before his older
brother Geoffrey Ardron I
(1924 – 1995) married Mavis’s
sister Alice Charles.
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
1956 on 17 October Britain
switches on its first nuclear power station at Calder
Hall
1959 M1 Motorway punched through
the Midlands from Watford to Birmingham
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 England win the
football World Cup
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 Britain joins
the European Economic Community
1978 Wide spread strikes result in
the so called “Winter of Discontent”
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's
first female Prime Minister
1981 Population of England
reaches 46,821,000
1984 on 12 March the 12-month
'Miners' Strike' over pit closures begins
1989 Tim Berners-Lee invents the
World Wide Web
1991 Population of England
reaches 47,875,000
1992 on 6 May the Channel Tunnel
opens, linking London and Paris by rail
2001 Population of England reaches 49,450,000
2001 on 11 September Islamic
terrorists crash aircraft on targets in New York and Washington
2005 on 7 July suicide bombers
kill 52 people on London's transport system
2005 in December Civil
partnerships give same-sex couples legal rights
He died on 20 December 2009 aged 81. He
was of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60. (Dawn Ardron)
Mavis CHARLES
(1930 - 2009)
She was born on 24 June 1930. (DoB on GRO death index + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 1148 Jun 1930 - Goodman)
1939 REGISTER??
Mavis died on 8 March 2009 aged 79. She was of Roherham,
South Yorkshire, S61. (GRO death index)
COLIN AND MAVIS HAD
THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Susan Ardron II
(1951 -)
My fourth cousin was born on xx xx 1951. (Dawn
Ardron + GRO ref Rotherham 2c 859 Mar 1951 – Charles)
MARRIED??
2) Dawn Ardron (1954 - )
My fourth cousin was born on xx xx 1954. (Dawn Ardron + GRO ref Rotherham 2c 773 Mar 1954 – Charles)
Dawn married Michael J. Maycock in
1975. (GRO ref Rotherham 3 723 Jun 1975
– Maycock) However they subsequently divorced. (Dawn Ardron)
Michael J. MAYCOCK (-)
BORN??
3) Gail Ardron (1957 -)
My fourth cousin was born in 1957. (GRO
ref Rotherham 2c 781 Dec 1957 – Charles)
MARRIED??
4) Julie Ardron (1960 -)
My fourth cousin was born in 1960. (GRO
ref Rotherham 2c 803 Dec 1960 – Charles)
MARRIED??
5) Colin Ardron II (1973 -)
My fourth cousin was born in 1973. (GRO
ref Rotherham 2c 1950 Mar 1973 – Charles)
MARRIED??
Notes: no probate Colin Ardron (2009) or
Mavis Ardron (2009)