Charles ARDRON IX (1887
– 1947)
Father: Charles
Ardron VII (1859 - 1936)
Mother: Ann Taylor (1861 - 1915)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My 3rd cousin 3 times removed was born in 1887
and was baptised on 12 October that year at St Matthias Church, Sheffield. His
parents were Charles and Ann Ardron. (GRO
ref Ecclesall B. 9c 357 Dec 1887 + Sheffield Archives – Baptisms, ref
PR-58-1-1, pg 147)
1891 Population of England reaches 27,304,000
On the 1891 Census (5 April) Charles was
aged 3 and living with his parents at 48 Franklin Street, Ecclesall Bierlow,
Yorkshire:
a) Charles Ardron, head, married, 32, file cutter, Sheffield Yorkshire
b) Ann Ardron, wife, married, 30, Sheffield Yorkshire
c) Ada Ardron, daughter, 8, scholar, Sheffield Yorkshire
d) Charles Ardron, son, 3, Sheffield Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG12 piece 3807 folio
106 pg 42)
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) Charles
was aged 13 and living with his parents who were still at 48 Franklin Street,
Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Charles Ardron Head Married Male 42 1859 File Cutter Sheffield, Yorkshire,
England
b) Ann Ardron Wife Married Female 40 1861 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
c) James Wm Ardron Son Single Male 20 1881 Steel Warehouseman Sheffield,
Yorkshire
d) Ada Ardron Daughter Single Female 18 1883 File Cutter Sheffield, Yorkshire,
England
e) Charles Ardron Son Single Male 13 1888 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
f) Rose Ardron Daughter Single Female 8 1893 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
g) Walter Ardron Son Single Male 6 1895 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
(PRO ref RG13 piece 4353 folio
123 pg 25)
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) Charles was
aged 23 and living with his parents at 48 Franklin Street, Ecclesall Bierlow,
Sheffield:
a) Charles Ardron, head, married, 52, file cutter, Sheffield Yorkshire
b) Ann Ardron, wife, married, 50, Sheffield Yorkshire
c) Charles Ardron, son, single, 23, file anncaler, Sheffield Yorkshire
d) Rose Ardron, daughter, single, 18, wire winder, Sheffield Yorkshire
e) Walter Ardron, son, single, 16, spoon and fork stamper, Sheffield Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG14 folio 27816)
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)
Charles married Harriett Mayfield on 23
September 1916 at St Paul,s Church, Pinstone Street, Sheffield. He was aged 29,
a machine hand and of 48 Franklin Street. Harriett was aged 27 and of 44
Burgess Street. Their fathers were Charles Ardron, a file cutter, and Francis
William Mayfield (deceased), a plate layer. Witnesses were Ada Hancock and
Fanny Coggem(?). (GRO ref
Sheffield 9c 912 Sep 1916 – Mayfield + Sheffield Archives – Marriages, ref
PR-139-3-5, pg 199)
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 33?
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
On the 1939 Register he is living at 36
Hallowes Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire:
a) Charles Ardron, married, 29 Aug 1887, scavenger
b) Harriet Ardron, married, 12 Jan 1889, unpaid domestic duties
c) Lily M Bell, single, 27 Jul 1917, core maker
d) The record for this person is officially closed
e) William Hughes, married, 5 Jun 1893, permanently incapacitated
(PRO ref RG101/5902J/014/30
Letter Code: RBLE)
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
He died in 1947 in Sheffield aged 59. (GRO ref Sheffield 2D 246 Jun
1947 – [aged] 59)
Harriett MAYFIELD (1889 - 1946)
She
was born on 12 January 1889, the daughter of William Mayfield. (1939 Register)
1891 CENSUS?? Aged 2?
1901 CENSUS?? Aged 12?
1911 CENSUS?? Aged 22?
Harriet died in 1946
aged 57. (GRO ref
Chesterfield 3a 68 Sep 1946 – [aged] 57)
CHARLES AND HARRIETT HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1)
Lily M. Ardron I (1917 -)
She was born in 1917. (GRO
ref Chesterfield 7b 1272 Sep 1917 – Mayfield)
1921 CENSUS??
MARRIED?? She probably married Charles V. Bell in 1942.
(GRO ref Chesterfield 7b 2589 Jun 1942 – Bell) Noting that on the 1939 Register
she is shown as Lily M Bell.
2) Kathleen Ardron III (1919 -)
She was born in 1919. (GRO
ref Chesterfield 7b 1114 Jun 1919 – Mayfield)
1921 CENSUS??
MARRIED?? She probably married Woodrow W.
Allen in 1938. (GRO ref Chesterfield 7b 2109 Dec 1938 – Allen)
3) George
Thomas Ardron (1925 - 2002)
Notes: no probate Charles Ardron (1947)
or Harriet Ardron (1946)