Albert Ernest ARDRON
(1903 - 1975)
Father: Frank [Arthur] Ardron (1873 - 1950)
Mother: Caroline Hales (1872 - 1954)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
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3.2 William Ardron I (1792 - 1871)
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4.2 Charles Ardron V (1822 - 1881)
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5.5 Frank [Arthur] Ardron (1873 - 1950)
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6.15 Albert Ernest Ardron (1903 - 1975)
My 3rd cousin 3 times removed was born on 6
March 1903 and was then baptised on 26 April at St Elisabeth’s Church, Reddish,
Stockport. His parents were Frank, a driller, and Caroline Ardron, of 17
David/Davis(?) Street. (GRO ref
Stockport 8a 92 Jun 1903)
1908 on 27 April Olympic Games open at White City in London
1908 on 27 October Parliament approves old age pensions (weekly means-tested pension of a maximum of
five shillings to all those aged over 70)
1910 Death of King Edward VII, succeeded by King George V
1911 National Insurance Act provides cover against sickness and
unemployment
1911 Population of England reaches 33,704,000
On the 1911 Census (2 April) Albert was
aged 8 and living with his parents at 2 Stanhope Street, Reddish, Lancashire:
a) Frank Ardron, head, married, 38, labourer gas eng works, Openshaw,
Lancashire, british subject by parentage
b) Caroline Ardron, wife, married (12 years),
38, Portwood, Cheshire
c) Albert Ernest Ardron, son, 8, attending school, Reddish, Lancashire
d) Beatrice Ardron,
daughter, 4, attending school, Reddish, Lancashire
(PRO ref RG14 piece 21412)
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
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 CENSUS?? Aged 18?
Yes.
1921 in July unemployment reaches a post-war high of 2.5 million
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
He married Alice
Stanyer on 19 April 1930 at the parish church of St. Elisabeth’s, Reddish after
banns. Albert was a motor mechanic of 2 Norman Grove and Alice was of 9 Tyrell
Road. Both were 26. Their fathers were Frank Ardron, labourer, and John
Woollerston Stanyer, a moulder. Witnesses were John Woollerston Stanyer and
Annie Benbow. (Ancestry.com - Manchester, Church of England Marriages and Banns,
1754-1930 + GRO ref Stockport 8a 107 Jun 1930 – Stanyer)
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
On 29 September 1939 National Registration Day
took place. The register shows Albert was living at 2 Tyrrell Road, Reddish,
Stockport:
a) Albert E. Ardron, 6 March 1903, married, fitter mechanic (motor)
b) Alice Ardron, 4 May 1903, married, unpaid dometic duties
c) This record is officially closed – though it is undoubtedly their daughter
Enid
(PRO ref RG 101/3945F)
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
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
He
died on 18 March 1975 aged 72. (Probate
+ GRO ref Stockport 39 1641 Mar 1975 – [born] ??Mar03)
Administration of his
estate was granted on 7 May 1975: “ARDRON Albert Ernest of 2 Tyrell Rd Reddish
Stockport died 18 March 1975 Administration Manchester 7 May £2307 7521060058” (Wills & Admons, 1975)
Alice STANYER
(1903 - 1957)
She was born in 1903 in Stockport, Cheshire. (GRO ref Stockport 8a 100 Jun
1903)
1911 CENSUS?? Aged 8?
1921 CENSUS?? Aged 18?
Alice died in 1957 aged
54. (GRO ref
Stockport 10a 494 Sep 1957 – [aged] 54)
ALBERT AND
ALICE HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILD:
1)
Enid Vivian Ardron (1938 - 2020)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1938. (GRO ref Stockport 8a 91 Jun 1938
– Stanyer)
1939 REGISTER?? Record closed but almost certainly to be with parents
Enid married Paul F. White in 1965. (GRO ref Stockport 10a 1478 Sep
1965 – White)
Enid died in 2020. (GRO index – Enid Vivian Ardron, location: Stockport, born: 1938) Noting
that she is shown as Enid Vivian Ardron and not Enid Vivian White.
Paul F. WHITE (-)
BORN??
DIED??