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Gordon ARDRON II (1938 -)

Father: Jack Gething Ardron (1906 - 1974)
Mother: Florence Ada Trickett (1911 - 1998)

Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

• 3.2 John Ardron I (1797 - 1868)
• 4.4 James Ardron II (1828 - 1902)
• 5.10 Samuel Ardron VI (1856 - 1917)
• 6.28 Horace Ardron II (1894 -1973)
• 7.30 Raymond Ardron I (1922 - 2003)
• 8.29 Derrick Ardron (1947 -)
• 9.25 Simon Anthony Ardron (1973 -)
• 4.4 Samuel Ardron V (1842 - 1908)
• 5.14 Reuben Ardron (1880 - 1937)
• 6.41 Jack Gething Ardron (1906 - 1974)
• 7.52 Gordon Ardron II (1938 -)

My 3rd cousin twice removed was born on xx xxx 1938 in the registration district of Doncaster. (Jack Ardron II + GRO ref Doncaster 9c 1142 Jun 1938 - Trickett)

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 REGISTER??

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

Gordon married Veronica Swallow in 1960 in the registration district of Rotherham. (GRO ref Rotherham 2c 1196 Mar 1960 - Swallow)

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

1978 Wide spread strikes result in the so called “Winter of Discontent”
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female Prime Minister

1981 Population of England reaches 46,821,000

1984 on 12 March the 12-month 'Miners' Strike' over pit closures begins

1989 Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

1991 Population of England reaches 47,875,000

1992 on 6 May the Channel Tunnel opens, linking London and Paris by rail

2001 Population of England reaches 49,450,000

2001 on 11 September Islamic terrorists crash aircraft on targets in New York and Washington

Veronica SWALLOW (1940 -)
She was born on xx xxx 1940. (Jack Ardron II + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 1547 Jun 1940 - Parker)

GORDON AND VERONICA HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Kevin John Ardron (1963 -)

2) Mark Ardron II (1967 -)

3) Neil Ardron (1968 -)

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