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Horace ARDRON VI (1875 – 1963)

Father: Henry Ardron IV (1840 – 1924)
Mother: Elizabeth [Kingston?] (1843 - 1905)

Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

 

My 2nd cousin 4 times removed was born on 17 October 1875 in Sheffield. (1939 Register + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 407 Dec 1875)

 

Horace married Gertrude Beard on 16 June 1900 at St Silas’ Church, Gilcar, Sheffield. He was aged 24, a labourer, and of 78 Victoria Street. Gertrude was also 24 and of 481 Barnsley Road. Their fathers were Henry Ardron, a cutler, and James Beard, an auctioneer. Witnesses were James Beard and Annie Beard. (Sheffield Archives – Parish Marriages, PR-76-2-7 pg 242 + GRO ref Ecclesall B. 9c 725 Jun 1900)

 

On the 1901 Census Horace was head of household for 48 Popple Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Horace Ardron, head, married, 25, engineer's labourer, worker, Sheffield, Yorkshire
b) Gertrude Ardron, wife, married, 25, Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG13 piece 4377 folio 133 pg 30)

 

On the 1911 Census Horace was head of household for 41 Robey Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Horace Ardron, head, married, 35, pen knife cutler, cutlery manufacturer, worker, Yorkshire Sheffield
b) Gertrude Ardron, wife, married (10 years), 35, Yorkshire, Shire Green Sheffield
c) Cecil Ardron, son, single, 2, Yorkshire, Firvale Shefiield
d) Herbert Ardron, brother, widower, 57, pen knife cutler, cutlery manufacturer, worker, Yorkshire Sheffield
(PRO ref RG14 piece 27954) 5 rooms; 1 child, 1 still living. Shown as Ardson on Findmypast index

 

On the 1939 Register Horace was living at 45 Robey Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Horace Ardron, married, 17 October 1875, steel ball packer
b) Gertrude Ardron, married, 27 October 1875, unpaid domestic duties
(PRO ref: RG101/3537J/010/11 Letter Code: KIMN) Shown as Ardon on Findmypast index.

Horace died in 1963 aged 87 and was buried on 14 August at Ecclesfield Cemetery. (Findmypast - Yorkshire Burials – Archive ref 48 pg 23 + GRO ref Sheffield 2D 283 Sep 1963 – [aged] 87)

 

Gertrude BEARD (1875 - 1953)
She was born on 27 October 1875. (1939 Register + GRO ref ??)

 

1881 CENSUS??

 

1891 CENSUS??

 

Gertrude died in 1953 aged 77 and was buried on 21 March at Ecclesfield Cemetery, Sheffield. (Findmypast – Yorkshire Burials – Archive ref 47, pg 54 + GRO ref Sheffield 2D 296 Mar 1953 – [aged] 77)

 

HORACE AND GERTRUDE HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILD:
1) Frederick Cecil Ardron (1908 - 1971)
My 3rd cousin 3 times removed was born on 26 September 1908 and then baptised on 21 October at St Thomas’s Church, Brightside, Sheffield. His parents were Horace, a spring knife cutler, and Gertrude Ardron of 41 Robey Street. (Sheffield Archives – Parish Baptisms, ref PR-46-1-6 pg 65 + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 586 Dec 1908)

 

On the 1911 Census Frederick was aged 2 andcalled by his second name Cecil. He was living with his parents and uncle Herbert at 41 Robey Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire. (PRO ref RG14 piece 27954) Shown as Ardson on Findmypast index

 

He married Marion Marshall in 1931. (GRO ref Sheffield 9c 1105 Jun 1931 – Marshall)

 

1939 REGISTER??

 

Frederick died in 1971 aged 62, and was buried on 20 August at Ecclesfield Cemetery, Sheffield. (Findmypast – Yorkshire Burials – Archive ref 42, pg 72 + GRO ref Sheffield 2d 662 Sep 1971 – [born] 26Se1908)

 

Marion Marshall (1913 - 1988)
She was born on 3 October 1913. (1939 Register)

 

On the 1939 Register Marion was an in-patient at the City General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Marion Ardron, married, 3 October 1913, unpaid domestic duties
(PRO ref: RG101/3539D/003/36 Letter Code: KINA)

           

Marion died in 1988. (GRO ref Sheffield 3 2002 Dec 1988 – [born] 03OCT1913)

 

Did Frederick and Marion have a daughter Patricia M. Ardron in 1931? (GRO ref Sheffield 9c 818 Sep 1931 – Marshall).

Did Patricia then marry Albert Smith in 1951? (GRO ref Sheffield 2d 265 Sep 1951 – Smith)