ARDRON Genealogy

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
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 1948 he married Hetty Owen. (GRO ref Rother V 2c 1972 Sep 1948 – Owen)

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

Frank died in May 1991. (GRO ref Rotherham 1991 May vol no 3 pg no 800 reg no 591 – [born] 27-Jun-17)

Hetty OWEN (-)

BORN??

FRANK AND HETTY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Brian Ardron II (1949 -)
My fourth cousin was born in 1949. (GRO ref Rotherham 2c 898 Jun 1949 – Owen)

MARRIED??

2) Frank Ardron V (1951 -)

3) David Ardron V (1954 -)

My fourth cousin was born in 1954. (GRO ref Rother V 2c 41 Mar 1954 – Owen)

MARRIED??

4) Ellen Ardron II (1957 -)

My fourth cousin was born in 1957. (GRO ref Rother V 2c 919 Dec 1957 – Owen)

MARRIED??

5) Mark Ardron II (1960 -)

My fourth cousin was born in 1960. (GRO ref Rother V 2c 967 Sep 1954 – Owen)

Mark married Melinda Hitchins in 1980. (Rotherham 3 913 Jun 1980 – Hitchins)

6) Patricia Ardron (1965 -)

My fourth cousin was born in 1965 (Rother V 2c 957 Dec 1954 – Owen)

MARRIED??