Frederick ARDRON
II (1892 - 1973)
Father: Walter
Charles Ardron I (1851 - 1921)
Mother: Elizabeth Moralee (1856 – 1925?)
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)
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5.3 Walter Charles Ardron I (1851 - 1921)
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6.9 Frederick Ardron II (1892 – 1973)
My 3rd cousin 3 times removed was born on 31
March 1892 in Lincoln. (Dob on baptism
record + GRO ref Lincoln 7a 521 Jun 1892)
1893
Invention of motion pictures by Thomas Edison
1895 Invention of wireless telegraphy by G Marconi
He was baptised four years later on 16 January
1896 at St Swithin's Church, Lincoln. His parents were Walter Charles and
Elizabeth Ardron. (Familysearch.org
- GS Film Number: 001542065, Digital Folder Number: 007567187, Image Number:
00019
1899-1902 Britain fights the Boer War in South Africa
1901 Death of Queen Victoria, succeeded by King Edward
VII
1901 Population of England reaches 30,594,000
On the 1901 Census (31 March) Frederick
was a schoolboy, aged 9, and living with his patrents at 58, Baggeholme Road,
Lincoln St Swithin, Lincoln, Lincolnshire:
a) Walter C Ardron, head, married, 49, iron moulder foundry, Lincolnshire
b) Elizabeth A Ardron, wife, married, 45, Boston, Lincolnshire
c) Ethel Annie Ardron, daughter, single, 17, domestic help, Lincolnshire
d) Walter James Ardron, son, single, 14, learning as iron turner, Lincolnshire
e) Edith Mary Ardron, daughter, single, Female 11, at school, Lincolnshire
f) Frederick Ardron, son, 9, at school, Lincolnshire
g) Ann Ardron, mother, widow, 84, living on own means, Wentworth, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG13 piece 3064 folio 56
pg 1)
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) Frederick
was shown as Fred, a painter, aged 19 and living with his parents at 89 Winn
Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire:
a) Walter C Ardron, head, married, 59, moulder iron, Lincoln
b) Elizabeth Ardron, wife, married, 56, Boston
c) Walter J Ardron, son, single, 24, coremaker, Lincoln
d) Fred Ardron, son, single, 19, painter house, Lincoln
e) Mary A Winter, mother in law, widow, 76, Old Leake
(PRO ref RG14 piece 19759)
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)
On 9 December 1915 Frederick joins the war effort
and enlists with the 5th Lincolnshire Regiment. He was resident at 89 Ashbourne
Grove, Winn Street, Lincoln. He was aged 23 and 252 days and worked for the
Post Office as a linesman. He is recorded as being 5 feet 2 inches tall with a
33 inch chest when fully expanded and with a 2 inches. Next of kin was his
father Walter Charles Ardron, of the same address. His regimental number was
21140. (TNA ref WO364;
Piece: 66 - British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920)
He was discharged from the Lincolnshire
Regiment and the Army on 20 August 1917. The cause was recorded as “Sick” and
paragraph “392(XVI) 25 – services no longer required” of the King’s Regulations
(rather than “Wounds” being the other option).
He was a private with the regiment number of 241586. He did not serve
abroad. (TNA - War
Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. Silver
War Badge. RG WO 329, 2958–3255; Reference: 329)
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??
1921 in July unemployment reaches a post-war high of 2.5
million
1922 The Irish Free State is established
He married Mabel Barradell in 1926. (GRO ref Loughborough 7a 212 Mar
1926 – Barradell)
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
On the 1939 Register Frederick was living at
201 Bradford Road, Stanley, Yorkshire (West Riding):
a) Frederick Ardron, 31 March 1892, married, road guide Royal Automobile Club
b) Mabel Ardron, 29 June 1902, married, unpaid household duties
c) This record is officially
closed – as at November 2020 – expected to be Frederick, born 1928
d) This record is
officially closed – as at November 2020 – expected to be Terence, born
1935
(PRO ref RG 101/3738J)
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
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
Frederick died in 1973. (GRO ref N. Kesteven 3b 292 Dec 1973 – [born] 31MR1892)
Administration of his estate
– “ARDRON, Frederick of Sunnyside Old Wood Rd Skellingthorpe Linc died 6
November 1973 Administration Nottingham 19 December £11909 732702265F” (Wills & Admons, 1973)
Mabel
BARRADELL (1902 – 1979)
She was born on 29 June 1902. (1939
Register + GRO ref Leicester 7a 298 Sep 1902)
1911 CENSUS?? Aged 8/9?
1921 CENSUS?? Aged 18/19?
Mabel died on 21 March
1979 and was then cremated on 26 March.
(GRO ref Lincoln 7 2182 Mar 1979 – [born] 29JE1902 +
https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=9251932)
FREDERICK AND MABEL HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Frederick
Ardron III (1928 - 2013)
2) Montague Ardron (1931 -
1938)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1931. (GRO ref Wakefield 9c 111 Jun
1931 – Barradell)
Montague died aged 6 in 1938. (GRO ref Wakefield 9c 101 Mar
1938 – [aged] 6)
3) Terence M. Ardron (1935 -
)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1935. (GRO ref Wakefield 9c 111 Jun
1935 – Barradell)
1939 REGISTER?? 100 year rule - expected to be with his parents
MARRIED??
DIED??
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