Edwin
Albert ARDRON (1940 - 2017)
Father: George Ardron VI (1913 - 1991)
Mother: Iris Annie Lowcock (1916 - 1982)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
1939-45 World War II
My
4th cousin once removed was born in 1940. (GRO ref Don
Valley 9c 1933 Mar 1940 - Lowcock)
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
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
Edwin
married in 1960 to Jean Wraith. (GRO ref Don Valley 2b
921 Sep 1960 - Wraith)
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
Edwin
died on 16 February 2017 aged 76. He was resident in Mexborough, South
Yorkshire, S64. (GRO death
index)
Jean WRAITH (-)
BORN?? Probably in
1939? (GRO ref Rother V. 9c 1101 Jun 1939 – Dillon) Shown as Jean V. Wraith.
EDWIN
AND JEAN HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Kathryn
Ardron (1961 -)
My 5th cousin was born in 1961. (GRO
ref Don Valley 2b 746 Dec 1961 - Wraith)
2) Darren Ardron IV (1965 -)
My 5th cousin was born in 1965. (GRO
ref Don Valley 2b 797 Dec 1965 - Wraith)
MARRIED??
Notes: no probate Edwin Ardron (2017)