Herbert ARDRON
II (1897 - 1975)
Father: Walter Charles Ardron II (1875 - 1943)
Mother: Hannah Jane Stott (1877 - 1950)
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 Charles Ardron V (1822 - 1881)
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5.5 Charles Bingham Ardron I (1848 – 1927)
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6.12 Walter Charles Ardron II (1875 - 1943)
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7.13 Herbert Ardron II (1897 - 1975)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born on 3
January 1897 and then baptised on 31 January at Oldham, Lancashire. His parents
were Walter Charles, a roller turner, and Hannah Jane Ardron. (GRO ref Oldham 8d 634 Mar
1897 + Findmypast - Parish Baptisms + dob on death index)
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) he was
aged 4 and living with his parents at 36 Widdop Street, Oldham, Lancashire:
a) Walter C Ardron, head, married, 26, bottom roller turner iron, Oldham,
Lancashire
b) Hannah J Ardron, wife, married, 24, Oldham, Lancashire
c) Herbert Ardron, son, 4, Oldham, Lancashire
d) Elsie Ardron, daughter, 2, Oldham, Lancashire
e) Annie Ardron, daughter, 0, Oldham, Lancashire
(PRO ref RG13 piece 3808 folio 167 pg 51)
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) he was aged
14, an apprentice to a bottom roller turner [probably his father], and living
with his parents at 6 Neath Street, Oldham, Lancashire:
a) Walter Charles Ardron, head, married, 36, bottom roller turner iron,
Lancashire, Oldham
b) Hannah Jane Ardron, wife, married, 34, Lancashire, Oldham
c) Herbert Ardron, son, 14, apprentice to bottom roller turner Lancashire,
Oldham
d) Annie Ardron, daughter, 10, school, Lancashire, Oldham
e) Walter Ardron, son, 5, school, Lancashire, Oldham
f) Jessie Ardron, daughter, 3, Lancashire, Oldham
(PRO ref RG14 piece 24476)
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
Herbert appears to
have served in the King’s Liverpool Regiment, reaching the rank of Lance
Corporal. He was discharged on 27 February 1919 and awarded a disability
pension. His date of birth was shown as 1897 and his service number was 308179.
(PRC Ledgers - Pension
Record Ledger ref no. 6/MA/No.2684)
He married Alice Garforth in 1920 at Oldham. (GRO ref Oldham 8d 1864 Jun 1920
- Garforth)
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
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
1939 REGISTER??
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
Herbert died in 1975 in Oldham. (GRO ref Oldham 39 50 Mar 1975 –
[born] 3JA1897)
Probate of his estate
was granted on 4 April 1975: “ARDRON Herbert of 41 Gordon Av Oldham died 1
March 1975 Probate Manchester 4 April £5837 752104440K” (Wills & Admons, 1975)
Alice GARFORTH
(-)
BORN??
1901 CENSUS??
1911 CENSUS??
1939 REGISTER??
DIED??
HERBERT AND ALICE HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Eric
Ardron I (1923 - 2001)
2)
Geoffrey
Ardron III (1927 -)
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