Alfred ARDRON
III (1877 - 1945)
Father: Isaac
Ardron I (1850 - 1900)
Mother: Mary Eliza Haworth (1854 -)
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 Thomas Ardron VII (1816 - 1898)
§ 5.3 Isaac Ardron I (1850 - 1900)
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6.7 Alfred Ardron III (1877 - 1945)
My 3rd cousin 3 times removed was born in
Lincoln on 4 October 1877. (1881
Census + GRO ref Lincoln 7a 549 Dec 1877 + dob on findagrave.com records)
1879
Britain fights the Zulu war in South Africa
1881 Population of England reaches 24,474,000
On the 1881 Census (3 April) Alfred was
aged 3 and living with his parents at Union Place, Broughton, Salford,
Lancashire:
a) Isaac Ardron, head, married, 31, iron moulder (manufacturer), Lincoln,
Lincolnshire
b) Mary E Ardron, wife, married, 27, Manchester, Lancashire
c) Louisa A Ardron, daughter, single, 5, Barnsley, Yorkshire
d) Alfred Ardron, son, single, 3, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
e) Francis T Ardron, son, single, 1, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
f) Frederick Ardron, son, single, 0, Droylsden, Lancashire
(GRO ref RG11
piece 3951 folio 19 pg 9)
1883 Married women obtain the right to acquire their own property
1884 The
Third Reform Act - voting extended to agricultural workers (triples the
electorate)
1891 Population of England reaches 27,304,000
On the 1891 Census (5 April) Alfred was
aged 13, an iron worker apprentice, and living with his parents at 174
Manchester Road, Oldham, Lancashire:
a) Isaac Ardron, head, married, 41, moulder, Lincolnshire
b) Mary E Ardron, wife, married, 44, keeper of refreshment room, Lancashire
c) Alfred Ardron, son, 13, iron worker apprentice, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
d) Frank Ardron, son, 11, scholar, Lincolnshire
e) Frederick Ardron, son, 10, scholar, Lancashire
f) Lilian Ardron, daughter, 2
g) William Ardron, brother, widower, 48, labourer, Yorkshire, Jump
(PRO ref RG12 piece 3304 folio 84
pg 38)
1893
Invention of motion pictures by Thomas Edison
1895
Invention of wireless telegraphy by G Marconi
1899-1902
Britain fights the Boer War in South Africa
1901
Population of England reaches 30,594,000
1901
Death of Queen Victoria, succeeded by King Edward VII
On the 1901 Census
(31 March) Alfred, along with his brother Frederick were shown as being
soldiers with the 19th Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own), a cavalry regiment of
the British Army, stationed in Canterbury, Kent:
a) Fredrick Ardron, 19th Hussars, 19, private, Manchester, Lancashire
b) Alfred Ardron, 19th Hussars, 19, private, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
(PRO ref RG13 piece 794 folio 150
pg 15) Though neither of the brothers were 19 years old.
Their other brother Francis T. also spent time in the 19th Hussars.
He married Ada Harriet Bentley in 1904. (GRO ref Salford 8d 177 Dec 1904)
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) Alfred was head
of household for 11 Haddon Street, Stretford, Manchester:
a) Alfred Ardron, head, 33, married, fitter motor starting, electric
manufacturer, worker, Lincoln
b) Ada Harriet Ardron, wife, 31, married (6
years), Wolverhampton, Penn, Staffordshire
c) Stanley Ardron, son, 3, Salford, Lancashire
d) Frances Louisa Mary Ardron, daughter, 2,
Salford, Lancashire
e) Eric Ardron 9 month,
Salford, Lancashire
(PRO ref RG14 piece 23640) 5 rooms, 4 children born, 3
living, 1 having died
Shortly after the 1911 Census Alfred and his
family set sail for a new life in Canada, leaving Liverpool onboard the Teutonic and arriving in Quebec on 20 August 1911. They
travelled with Alfred’s younger brother Frederick Inman Ardron and his family
and were recorded as joining their other brother Francis Thomas Ardron (1879 -)
who was already living in Toronto, Ontario.
Ardron Frederick, 30,
Ardron Ethel, 29,
Ardron Lilian, 3,
Ardron Jack, 2,
Ardron Frances, 3 months,
Ardron Alfred, 32,
Ardron Ada, 29,
Ardron Stanley, 3,
Ardron Francis, 2,
Ardron Eric, 10 months,
(Library and Archives
Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-4780)
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
Alfred’s first wife Ada
died in 1918 in Ontario, Canada.
(Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 246)
Alfred married for a
second time on 23 June 1919 to Amy Johnson at St Philip’s Church, Hulme,
Manchester. He was aged 41. (Ancestry.com
– Manchester marriages; reference no M320/4/2/5 archive roll 812 + GRO ref
Chorlton 8c 1909 Jun 1919 – Johnson)
1921 Population of England reaches 35,274,000
On the 1921 Canadian
Census (1 June) Alfred and family were living at number 264, 301 Torrens
Avenue, York Township, Ontario, Canada:
a) Name: Alfred Ardron, Gender: Male, Racial or Tribal Origin: English,
Nationality: Canada, Marital status: Married, Age: 42, Birth Year: abt 1879,
Birth Place: England, Year of Immigration: 1913, Residence Date: 1 Jun 1921,
House Number: 264, Residence Street or Township: 301 Torrens Ave, Residence
City, Town or Village: York Township, Residence District: York South, Residence
Province or Territory: Ontario, Residence Country: Canada, Relation to Head of
House: Head, Spouse's name: Amy Ardron, Father Birth Place: England, Mother
Birth Place: England, Can Speak English?: Yes,
Can Speak French?: No, Religion: Church Of England; Can Read?: Yes, Can Write?:
Yes, Months at School: 80-25, Occupation: Electrician, Employment Type: 2 Wage
Earner, Nature of Work: Railway B, Income: 1200, Out of Work?: No, Duration of
Unemployment: 06, Duration of Unemployment (Illness): 2, Municipality: York Township, Enumeration District: 144,
Sub-District: York (Township), Sub-District Number: 29, Home Owned or Rented:
Owned, Monthly Rental: BB, Class of House: Semi-Detached House, Materials of
Construction: Wood, Number of Rooms: 5
b) Amy Ardron, 30
c) Stanley Ardron, 15
d) Frances Ardron, 14
e) Eric Ardron, 11
f) Dorothy Ardron, 7
months
District Description:
Polling Subdivision no.28 - Comprising all of lots 13, 14 and 15, concession 2,
F.B. lying between Pape avenue and Private Road on the west and Leslie street
on the east/Bee (18), Don Mills road, Don Valley Paper Mills, Gamble Avenue,
Gardners Lane, Gowan Avenue, Leslie, Pape Avenue, Rivercourt (Todmorden),
Torrens, Woodville Avenue (Ancestry.com)
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
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
1939-45 World
War II
1941
Population of England reaches 39,145,000
1944 Butler Education Act - framework for new free comprehensive secondary education for all
Alfred died on 15
October 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery. He was born on 4 October 1877 in Lincoln, England. His wife was Amy
Ardron.
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97922482)
Ada Harriet
BENTLEY (1880 - 1918)
She was born in 1880. (GRO ref Wolverhampton 6b 513 Mar 1880)
Ada died aged 38, of
tuberculosis of lungs at Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada in December 1918. She was
born in Wolverhampton. (Archives of
Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 246)
Amy JOHNSON (
- )
BORN??
DIED??
ALFRED AND ADA HAD THE FOLLOWING
CHILDREN:
1) Stanley Ardron IV (1907 -)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1907.
(GRO ref Salford 8d 141 Dec 1907)
On the 1921 Canadian Census Stanley was living
with his parents at number 264, 301 Torrens Avenue, York Township, Ontario,
Canada. (Ancestry.com)
MARRIED?? Possibly in 1934? Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Marriages,
1933-1934
DIED??
2) Frances Louisa M. Ardron
(1909 -)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1909.
(GRO ref Salford 8d 143 Mar 1909)
On the 1921 Canadian Census Frances was living
with her parents at number 264, 301 Torrens Avenue, York Township, Ontario,
Canada. (Ancestry.com)
MARRIED? Possibly in 1926? Archives of Ontario; Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 752
DIED??
3) Eric Ardron IV (1910 -)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1910.
(GRO ref Barton I 8c 638 Sep
1910)
On the 1921 Canadian Census Eric was living
with his parents at number 264, 301 Torrens Avenue, York Township, Ontario,
Canada. (Ancestry.com)
MARRIED??
DIED??
ALFRED AND AMY HAD THE FOLLOWING
CHILD:
1) Dorothy Ardron II (1920 -)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1920.
(Based on age on 1921 Canadian
Census which took place in June)
On the 1921 Canadian Census Dorothy was living
with her parents at number 264, 301 Torrens Avenue, York Township, Ontario,
Canada. (Ancestry.com)
MARRIED??
DIED??
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