CHARLES
ARDRON IV
(1823 - 1861)
Father: Peter Ardron I (1799 – 1867)
Mother: Sarah Broad (1801 - 1862)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My 2nd cousin 5 times removed was born on 19 November 1823 and baptised on 25
December, Christmas Day, that year by W. H. Bull at Sheffield Parish Church,
Church Street, Sheffield. His parents were Peter Ardron, a labourer and Sarah. (APR Page No 163 :Reg No
1304 – Sheffield Indexers)
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
1831 Population of England reaches 13,254,000
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
1841 Population of England reaches 14,937,000
On the 1841 Census (6 June) Charles was
aged 17 and living with his parents at 12 Crickett Inn Road, Sheffield:
a) Peter Ardron, 41, table blade forger, [born in same county] Y
b) Sarah Ardron, 40, Y
c) Charles Ardron, 17, table blade forger, Y
d) Elizabeth Ardron, 16, Y
e) Sarah Ardron, 9, Y
f) George Ardron, 7, Y
g) Harriet Ardron, 4, Y
h) John Ardron, 2, Y
(PRO ref HO107 piece 1336/5 folio
9a enumeration district 10 – Sheffield Indexers)
Charles married his first wife Mary Dawson in
1843. (GRO ref Wortley
22 494 Sep 1843)
1851 Population of England reaches 16,820,000
On the 1851 Census (30 March) Charles is
head of household at Old Street, Sheffield:
a) Charles Ardron, head, married, 27, table blade forger, Sheffield
b) Mary Ardron, wife, 27, Sheffield
c) Emma Ardron, daughter, 7, scholar, Sheffield
d) Clara Ardron, daughter, 2, scholar,
Sheffield
e) John Dawson, nephew? single, 15, table blade
forger, Broad Bottom, Cheshire
(PRO ref HO107 Piece 2341 Folio
142 pg 36)
His first wife Mary died in 1852.
1853 Vaccination against small pox becomes compulsory
Charles went on to married Mary Howarth on 2
August 1853 at St John’s Church, Sheffield Park after banns. He was a widower, aged
29 and a table blade forger of Cricket Road. Mary was aged 24 and also of
Cricket Road. Their fathers were Peter Ardron, a table blade forger and Joseph
Howarth, a nail forger. Witnesses were George Ardron and Elizabeth Woodhead. (Sheffield Archives – Yorkshire
Marriages – ref PR-70-2-1, pg 92 + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 434 Sep 1853)
1854-6 Britain fights in the Crimean War (Charge of the
Light Brigade at Balaclava)
1857-8 The Indian Mutiny (against British rule)
1861 Population of England reaches 18,833,000
On the 1861 Census (7 April) he is shown
aged 37, a table blade forger, and a widower, living with his parents at 12
Cricket Inn Road, Sheffield Park:
a) Peter Ardron, head, married, 62, table blade forger, Yorkshire Sheffield
b) Sarah Ardron, wife, married, 60, Yorkshire
Sheffield
c) Charles Ardron, son, widower, 37, table
blade forger, Yorkshire Sheffield
d) Harriet Ardron, daughter, unmarried, 24,
Yorkshire Sheffield
e) Mary Martin, daughter, married, 19,
Yorkshire Sheffield
f) Emma Ardron, granddaughter, unmarried, 17,
Yorkshire Sheffield
g) Sarah Ardron, granddaughter, 5, scholar,
Yorkshire Sheffield
h) Benjamin Martin, grandson, 9 months,
Yorkshire Sheffield
(PRO ref RG9 piece 3491 folio 4 pg 1)
He died in 1861 aged 37 and was buried on 27
October of that year at St John’s Church, Sheffield Park. (NBI
+ GRO ref Sheffield 9c 211 Dec 1861)
Mary
DAWSON (1823 - 1852)
She was born in 1823 in Sheffield. (Based on age + location on 1851
Census)
Mary died in 1852 aged
29, and was buried on 25 January at St John’s Church, Sheffield Park. She was
of Bernard Street. (Sheffield
Archives – Yorkshire Burials – ref PR-70-3-2, pg 333 + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 217
Mar 1852)
Mary
HOWARTH (1829 - 1857?)
She was born in 1829. (Based on age at marriage)
DEATH?? Possibly
in 1857 as Charles is shown as a widower on the 1861 Census. (GRO ref Sheffield
9c 173 Mar 1857)
CHARLES AND MARY HAD
THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Emma
Ardron I (1844 - )
My 3rd cousin 4 times removed was born in Sheffield in 1844. (Age + location on 1851 +
1861 Censuses + GRO ref Sheffield 22 Mar 1844)
On the 1851 Census (30 March) Emma was a
schoolgirl, aged 7, and living with her parents at Old Street, Sheffield. (PRO ref HO107 Piece 2341 Folio
142 pg 36)
On the 1861 Census (7 April) Emma was
aged 17 and living with her widower father at her grandfather’s [Peter
Ardron I (1799 - 1867)] house at 12 Cricket Inn Road, Sheffield
Park. (PRO ref RG9 piece 3491 folio 4 pg 1)
MARRIED??
1871 CENSUS?? AGED 27?
DEATH??
2) Clara Ardron I (1848 - 1858)
My 3rd cousin 4 times removed was born in
Sheffield in 1848. (Age + location
on 1851 Census + GRO ref Sheffield 22 623 Sep 1848)
On the 1851 Census (30 March) Clara was
aged 2, and living with her parents at Old Street, Sheffield. (PRO ref HO107 Piece 2341 Folio
142 pg 36)
Clara died in 1858 aged 9 and was buried on 13
January 1858 at St John’s Church, Sheffield Park. She was of 10 Cricket Road. (Sheffield Archives – Yorkshire Burials – ref
PR-70-3-5, pg 36)
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