Edwin
ARDRON II (1915 - 1987)
Father: Matthew Henry Ardron (1878 - 1947)
Mother: Edith Ann Hirst (1878 -)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
1914-18 The
Great War (World War I)
My 2nd cousin 3 times removed was born on 10 December 1915 in the registration district of Rotherham. (Jane Kelly (nee Ardron) + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 1454 Mar 1916 - Hirst) This is one day different to the date of birth shown on the GRO death index which shows 9 December of the same year.
1918 in May a massive flu epidemic reaches Britain and kills more than 200,000 people
in Britain and up to 50 million worldwide
1918 All men over 21 and all women over 30 get
the vote
1921 Population of England reaches 35,274,000
1921 in July unemployment reaches a post-war high of 2.5
million
1921 CENSUS?? Aged 6?
1922 The Irish Free State is established
1927 on 1 January the British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC) is created
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??
1939-45 World
War II
Edwin married Lucy Wilson in 1940 in the registration district of Hemsworth. (Jane Kelly (nee Ardron) + GRO ref Hemsworth 9c 465 Mar 1940 - Wilson)
1941 Population of England reaches 39,145,000
Towards the end of World War Two, he was
stationed for a year in
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
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
He died on 14 July 1988. (Based on date of death on Probate register + GRO ref Worksop 1988 July vol no 8 pg no 1305 reg no 788 - [born] 09-Dec-1915)
Edwin's will was probated on 12 August 1988:
"Ardron, Edwin of 41 Brace Bridge Av Worksop Notts died 14 July 1988.
Probate
Lucy
WILSON (-)
BORN??
DIED??
EDWIN AND LUCY HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Jennifer Ann Ardron (1941 - 2000)
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born on 26 April 1941 in the registration
district of Hemsworth. (Jane Kelly (nee Ardron) + GRO
ref Hemsworth 9c 437 Jun 1941 - Wilson)
Jennifer married Joseph Brian
Farnell on 10 September 1963 in the registration district of Sheffield. (Jane
Kelly (nee Ardron) + GRO ref Sheffield 2D 650 Sep 1963 - Farnell)
She died in 2000. (Jane Kelly (nee Ardron)) GRO REF?? - none found on GRO index
Joseph
Brian FARNELL (-)
BORN??
Probably
in 1940 (GRO ref Sheffield 9c 945 Sep 1940 – Reynolds)
DID JENNIFER AND JOSEPH HAVE TWO
CHILDREN? Christopher Nigel Farnell in 1967 (GRO ref Sheffield 2d 37 Mar 1967 –
Ardron) and Kathryn Louise Farnell in 1969 (GRO ref Surrey Mid E. 5g 186 Dec
1969 – Ardron)
2) Jane Margaret Ardron (1950 -)
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born on xx xx 1950 at The Croft,
Jane married Graham Charles M. Kelly on xx xx
1972 in the
In
2001 she completed a Master of Arts degree at
Graham Charles M. KELLY (-)
BORN??
DID JANE AND GRAHAM HAVE
THREE CHILDREN? Daniel Matthew Kelly in 1975 (GRO ref Ploughley 20 3498 Jun 1975 –
Ardron); Amy Elizabeth Kelly in 1976 (GRO ref Oxford 20 2861 Sep 1976 –
Ardron); and Benjamin Alastair Kelly in 1978 (GRO ref Oxford 20 2566 Mar 1978 –
Ardron)