Lucy ARDRON I (1831 - 1865)

Father: John Ardron I (1797 - 1868)
Mother: Martha Beighton

Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

 

My G-G-G-Great Aunt was baptised on 13 March 1831 in Killamarsh (DBY). (APR + IGI) (Photo - Killamarsh Parish Church)

 

1833 Abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire
1833 The Factory Act - prohibits children under nine from working in factories and reduces the working hours of women and older children
1834 The Poor Law Act - establishes workhouses for the poor
1837 Invention of the telegraph by S F B Morse

1837 Death of King William IV, succeeded by Queen Victoria
1840 The penny post is started

On the 1841 Census (6 June) Lucy was aged 10, living with his parents at Upperthorpe, Killamarsh, Derby. (PRO ref HO107/195/13/2/22/9/14)

On the 1851 Census (30 March) she was aged 20, living with his parents at Killamarsh. (PRO ref HO107 piece 2148 folio 410 pg 15)

1853 Vaccination against small pox becomes compulsory
1854-6 Britain fights in the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava)

1857-8 The Indian Mutiny (against British rule)

Lucy married William Upton on 31 January 1858 at Sheffield Parish Church . Both were aged 27. William was a labourer, as well as his father James Upton. (GRO cert Dean Ardron + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 264 Mar 1858)

On the 1861 Census (7 April) Lucy, her son and her new husband were resident at the household of her father at Old Lane, Eckington:
a) John Ardron, head, 64, journeyman/blacksmith, Laughton
b) Martha Ardron, wife, 55, Maltby
c) William Upton, boarder, 32, labourer, Easton, Northamp.
d) Lucy Upton, boarder, 30, Killamarsh
e) George A. Beadsley, boarder, 7, scholar, Eckington
(PRO ref RG9 piece 2534 folio 101 pg 7) 

1863 London Underground opens (Metropolitan Line)

She died on 27 April 1865 aged 34 in Kilnhurst . An inquest was held and the cause of death was established as having been disease of the heart. (GRO cert Dean Ardron) GRO REF??

William UPTON (1831 -)
He was born in 1831. (Based on his age at marriage)

1841/1851 CENSUS??

LUCY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILD:

1) George Ardron II (1854 - 1917)