Horace ARDRON
III (1910 - 1988)
Father: John Edward Bonell Ardron (1866 -
1941)
Mother: Sarah Ann Drury
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
1910 Death of King Edward VII, succeeded by King George V
My 2nd cousin three times removed was born on 22 December 1910 at
1911 National Insurance Act provides cover against sickness
and unemployment
On the 1911 Census (2 April)
he was aged 3 months, living with his parents at 10(?)
1912 on 15 April sinking of the SS Titanic
1913 on 4 June Suffragette Emily Davison is killed
by the king's horse
1914-18 The Great War (World War I)
1918 in May a massive flu epidemic reaches
1918 All men over 21 and all women over 30 get the vote
1921 in July unemployment reaches a post-war high of 2.5 million
1922 The
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 (
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
1939-45 World War
II
Horace married Evelyn
Picton on 3 September 1939 in the Parish Church of Braithwell after banns. He
was aged 28 and a compression driver of
1944
1947 on 1 January
1948 National Health Service established
1948 on 29 July the Olympic Games open at Wembley
Stadium in
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
1959 M1 Motorway punched through the Midlands from Watford to
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'
1973 on 1 January
1978 Wide spread strikes result in the so called “Winter of
Discontent”
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes
1984 on 12 March the 12-month 'Miners' Strike' over pit closures begins
Horace died in 1988. (GRO ref Doncaster 1988 June vol no 3 pg no 328 reg no 688 - [born] 22-Dec-10)
EVELYN
PICTON (1919 -)
She was born in
1919, the daughter of Oswald Picton. (Based on marriage certificate) This would agree with a GRO index entry. (GRO ref Doncaster
9c 1331 Jun 1919 - Holgate)
HORACE AND EVELYN HAD THE FOLLOWING
CHILDREN:
1) Derek Ardron (1946 -)
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born in 1946. (GRO ref Rother V. 2c 1060 Sep
1946 - Picton)
Did Derek marry Carol A. Beighton in 1967? (GRO ref Goole 2b
1280 Mar 1967 - Beighton, Carol A.)? Did they have a daughter Claire Louise in
1969 (GRO ref Don Valley 2b 2212 Jun 1969 - Beighton)?
2) Malcolm Ardron (1949 -)
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born in 1949. (GRO ref Doncaster 2b 642 Jun
1949 - Picton)
Did Malcolm first marry in 1970 to Beryl S. Turner (GRO ref
Doncaster 2b 783 Jun 1970 - Turner, Beryl S.). Did they have a son in 1970 also
called Malcolm (GRO ref Doncaster 2b 2024 Dec 1970 - Turner)?
Did
Malcolm go on to marry in 1975 to ?
3) Christopher Ardron (1960 -)
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born in 1960. (Doncaster 2b 548 Dec 1960 -
Picton)