Samuel ARDRON II (1807 -)
Father: Samuel Ardron I (1782 - 1860)
Mother: Elizabeth Darwent (1876 - 1853)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My 1st cousin 6 times removed was baptised on 22 March 1807 at St Peter’s Cathedral, Sheffield. (IGI + age on both the 1841 and 1851 Censuses and location on the 1851 Census)
1815 Battle of Waterloo -
defeat for Napoleon by the Duke of Wellington and the end of the Napoleonic
Wars
1820 Death of (Mad) King George III, succeeded by
King George IV
1825 The World's first railway service, the
Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
1829 The Metropolitan Police is established
by Robert Peel
1830 Opening of the Liverpool to Manchester
Railway
1830 Death of King George IV, succeeded by
King William IV
1830-2 First major cholera epidemic in
Britain
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
He married Eliza. (Based on 1841 and 1851 Censuses)
On
the 1841 Census (6 June) Samuel is shown as head of household at Broad
Lane, Sheffield:
a)
Samuel Ardron, 34, metal smith, Y
b)
Eliza Ardron, wife, 30, Y
c)
Maria Ardron, daughter, 5, Y
d)
Samuel Ardron, son, 3, Y
e)
Thomas Ardron, son, 8 months, Y
(PRO REF??)
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) Samuel and family are shown as being resident
at 12 Holly Street, Sheffield, the household of his father:
a)
Samuel Ardron, head, married, 68, proprietor Britannia Metal Manufacturer
employs 13 men & 2 boys, Yorkshire Laughton En Le Morthen
b) Elizabeth Ardron, wife, married, 74, Yorkshire Sheffield
c) Samuel Ardron, son, married, 44, proprietor Britannia
Metal Manufacturer employs 13 men & 2 boys, Yorkshire Sheffield
d) Eliza Ardron, wife of son, married, 41, Yorkshire
Sheffield
e) Maria Ardron, granddaughter, 15, unmarried, Yorkshire
Sheffield
f) Samuel Ardron, grandson, 13, Yorkshire Sheffield
g) Thomas Ardron, grandson, 10, Yorkshire Sheffield
h) Charles Ardron, grandson, 8, Yorkshire Sheffield
i) Ann Ardron, granddaughter, 4, Yorkshire Sheffield
(PRO ref HO107 piece 2338 folio 259 pg 24) – shown as ADRON on
Ancestry.co.uk index
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)
On the 1861 Census Samuel is aged 54,
boarding, along with his brother John aged 47 at the household of Elizabeth
Farmer at Harmer Lane Gardens, Sheffield:
a) Elizabeth Farmer, head, widow,
34, dress maker, Finningley, Nottinghamshire
b) Annie F Farmer, daughter,
unmarried, 15, Sheffield Yorkshire
c) Samuel Ardron, boarder,
widower, 54, metal smith, Sheffield Yorkshire
d) John Ardron, boarder, married,
47, scale presser, Sheffield Yorkshire [Samuel’s brother]
e) Samuel Ardron, boarder, 3,
Sheffield Yorkshire
(PRO
ref RG9 piece 3487 folio 133 pg 26) – shown as Adson on Ancestry.co.uk index
It is not clear why Samuel is
shown as a widower – as his wife Elizabeth and son Thomas and daughter Ann are shown
on the census boarding elsewhere in Sheffield.
Also it is not clear whose son Samuel, aged 3, was, born c. 1858. No GRO
birth index entry can be found.
1863 London Underground
opens (Metropolitan Line)
1868 Last
public hanging
1870
Primary Education becomes compulsory in Britain
1871 CENSUS?? – AGED 64?
Samuel
probably died in 1881 aged 73. (GRO ref Sheffield 9c 239 Mar 1881 – [aged] 73).
Based on being aged 73 at death he would have been born in 1808.
Eliza ?? (1811 -)
She was born in 1811 at
On the 1861 Census Eliza
is aged 51, boarding, along with her son Thomas and daughter Ann at her sister
Elizabeth Grayson’s house at 9 Brightmore Street, Sheffield:
a) Elizabeth Grayson, head,
married, 41, laundress, Yorkshire Sheffield
b) Eliza Ardron, sister, married,
51, laundress, Yorkshire Sheffield
c) Thomas Ardron, nephew,
unmarried, 20, white metal smith, Yorkshire Sheffield
d) Ann Ardron, niece, unmarried,
14, scholar, Yorkshire Sheffield
(PRO
ref RG9 piece 3486 folio 28 pg 7/8)
1871
CENSUS?? – AGED 61?
a) Robert Waterland, head, married, 25, Haxey, Lincolnshire
b) Ann Waterland, wife, 24, Sheffield, Yorkshire
c) Sarah Waterland, daughter, 0, Sheffield, Yorkshire
d) Eliza Ardron, mother-in-law, 60, mangle woman,Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG10 ??)
DIED??
SAMUEL AND ELIZA HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1)
Maria
Ardron I (1835 -)
My 2nd cousin 5 times removed was born on 10
November 1835. (APR)
She was then
baptised on 27 December 1835 by William Harris at Sheffield Parish Church, Church
Street, Sheffield. Her parents were Eliza and Samuel (metalsmith). (APR - page no 17; Reg no 136)
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) she was aged 15, living with his parents at
her paternal grandfather’s residence, 12 Holly Street, Sheffield. (PRO
ref HO107 piece 2338 folio 259 pg 24)
Did Maria
marry Robert Marshall in 1856?? (GRO ref Ecclesal B. 9c 187 Mar 1856). Maria
would have been 19.
Did Maria
die in 1884 aged 49?? (GRO ref Sheffield 9c 376 Sep 1884 – [aged] 49). Based on
being aged 49 at death she would have been born in 1835.
1861 CENSUS?? – AGED 25?
Fawcett Street, Sheffield
Robert Marshall Head
M 27
Metal Smith Sheffield, Yorkshire
Maria Marshall Wife F 26
Dressmaker Sheffield, Yorkshire
Fredk Marshall Son M 6
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Benjamin Marshall Son M 3
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Jno Willm Marshall Son M 0
Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG9 piece 3483 folio 86 pg 54)
1871 CENSUS?? – AGED 35?
Sheffield
Robert Marshall Head
M 36
Whitemetal Smith Sheffield, Yorkshire
Maria Marshall Wife F 35
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Benjamin Marshall Son M 13
Sheffield, Yorkshire
John William Marshall Son M 10
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Charles Marshall Son M 7
Sheffield, Yorkshire
George Marshall Son M 2
Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG10 piece ??)
1881 CENSUS?? – AGED 45??
2) Samuel Ardron IV (1838 - 1851)
My 2nd cousin 5 times removed was born on 4
March 1838. (APR +
GRO
ref Sheffield XXII 563 Jun 1838)
He was then baptised on 4 August 1839 by E. Goodwin
at Sheffield Parish
Church, Church Street, Sheffield. His parents were Eliza and Samuel
(victualler). (APR - page no
185; Reg no 1480)
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) he was aged 13, living with his parents at
his paternal grandfather’s residence, 12 Holly Street, Sheffield. (PRO
ref HO107 piece 2338 folio 259 pg 24)
Samuel died in 1851 aged 13. (GRO ref Sheffield 22 460 Sep
1851) He was buried on 7 September 1851 at the Cathedral
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Sheffield. His father was a white metal smith
of Holly Street. (Sheffield
Archives PR-138-4-20 pg 15)
3) Thomas Ardron VI (1840 - 1900)
4)
Charles
Ardron I (1843 -)
My 2nd cousin 5 times removed was born in 1843
at Sheffield. (Based on age and location on 1851 Census) This agrees with a GRO index entry. (GRO
ref Sheffield XXII 569 Jun 1843)
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) he was aged 8, living with his parents at his
paternal grandfather’s residence, 12 Holly Street, Sheffield. (PRO
ref HO107 piece 2338 folio 259 pg 24)
1861 CENSUS?? – AGED 18?
5)
Ann
Ardron VI (1846 -)
My 2nd cousin 5 times removed was born in 1847
at
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) she was aged 4, living with her parents at
his paternal grandfather’s residence, 12 Holly Street, Sheffield. (PRO
ref HO107 piece 2338 folio 259 pg 24)
On the 1861 Census Ann is aged 14, a scholar,
and staying along with her mother and brother Thomas at her Aunt Elizabeth
Grayson’s house at 9 Brightmore Street, Sheffield. (PRO ref RG9 piece 3486 folio 28 pg 7/8)
Ann married Robert
Waterland in 1867. (GRO ref Sheffield 9c 556 Sep 1867).
1871 CENSUS?? – AGED 24?
a) Robert Waterland, head, married, 25, Haxey, Lincolnshire
b) Ann Waterland, wife, 24, Sheffield, Yorkshire
c) Sarah Waterland, daughter, 0, Sheffield, Yorkshire
d) Eliza Ardron, mother-in-law, 60, mangle woman,Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG10 ??)
Did Ann
die in 1880 aged 33?? (GRO ref Ecclesal B. 9c 209 Jun 1880 – [aged] 33). Based
on being aged 33 at death she would have been born in 1846/7.
This is supported by Ann and Robert’s daughter Sarah, aged 10, is living with
her unmarried aunt Ann Kemshall Waterland at Clarborough, Nottinghamshire
Robert WATERLAND (1845
-)
He was born in 1845 at Haxey,
Lincolnshire. (Based on age and location on 1871 Census) This would agree with a birth index entry for the
registration district of Gainsborough, which contains the village of Haxey.
(GRO ref Gainsboro 14 326 Sep 1845)
1851
CENSUS?? – AGED 5? Pea Croft, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Thomas Waterland Head M 31
Carter Haxey, Lincolnshire
Sarah Waterland Wife F 25
Kirton, Lincolnshire
Robert Waterland Son M 5
Haxey, Lincolnshire
Joseph Waterland Son M 2
Haxey, Lincolnshire
Thomas Waterland Son M 0
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Benjamin Dogles Lodger M 37
Scotland
Mary Dogles Lodger F 26
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Harriet Dogles Lodger F 8
Northampton, Northamptonshire
George Wood Lodger M 24
Huddersfield, Yorkshire
James Wood Lodger M 22
Huddersfield, Yorkshire
William Brewin Lodger M 18
Leicester, Leicestershire
Joseph Cristfield Lodger M 13
Sheffield, Yorkshire
John Cristfield Lodger M 22
London, Middlesex
Sarah Cristfield Lodger F 24
Leicester, Leicestershire
(PRO ref HO107 piece 2339 folio 677 pg 82 )
1861
CENSUS?? – AGED 15? Pea Croft, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Thomas Clark Waterland Head M 41
Hays Straw Dealer And Cow Keeper, Haxey, Lincolnshire
Hannah Waterland Wife F 31
Haxey, Lincolnshire
Robert Waterland Son M 15
File Cutter Haxey, Lincolnshire
Ann ... Waterland Daughter F 13
Haxey, Lincolnshire
Joseph Waterland Son M 12
scholar Haxey, Lincolnshire
Charlotte Waterland Daughter F 4
Sheffield, Yorkshire}
Thomas Waterland Son M 2
Sheffield, Yorkshire
John Henry Waterland Son M 0
Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG9 piece 3484 folio 66 pg 31)
1871
CENSUS?? – AGED 25? With his wife Ann
Did Robert die in 1881 aged 36?? (GRO ref E. Retford 7b 2 Mar
1881 – [aged] 36). Based on being aged 36 at death he would have been born in
1845.