John ARDRON I (1797 - 1868)
Father: Thomas
Ardron II (1770 - 1832)
Mother: Ann Barlow (1771 - 1845)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My G-G-G-Great Grandfather was born 27 June
1797 and baptised 30 July of that year in Laughton En Le Morthen. His parents
were Thomas Ardron, a blacksmith, and Ann (IGI + APR + Genuki - The
Parish Baptism Registers for Laughton en le Morthen, 1790-1799)
1800 Act of
Union with Ireland
1802 Peel
introduces the first factory legislation
1803 The Napoleonic
Wars begin - Britain declares war on France
1805 Battle
of Trafalgar - Nelson destroys the French and Spanish fleets but is killed in
the process
1815 Battle
of Waterloo - defeat for Napoleon by the Duke of Wellington and the end of the
Napoleonic Wars
1820 Death
of (Mad) King George III, succeeded by King George IV
John married Martha Beighton in Laughton En Le
Morthen on 13 October 1823 by license. John's occupation is shown as a miller
and Martha was from Maltby. Witnesses were Paul Ardron and Elizabeth Ardron. (APR)
1825 The
World's first railway service, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
1829 The
Metropolitan Police is established by Robert Peel
1830 Opening
of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway
1830 Death of
King George IV, succeeded by King William IV
1830-2 First
major cholera epidemic in Britain
1833
Abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire
1833 The
Factory Act - prohibits children under nine from working in factories and
reduces the working hours of women and older children
1834 The Poor
Law Act - establishes workhouses for the poor
1837
Invention of the telegraph by S F B Morse
1837 Death of
King William IV, succeeded by Queen
1840
The penny post is started
On
the 1841 Census (6 June) John was listed as being the head of
household at Upperthorpe, Killamarsh (DBY):
a) John Ardron, 42, blacksmith, [whether born in same county] Y
b) Martha Ardron, 37, Y
c) James Ardron, 12, Y
d) Lucy Ardron, 10, Y
e) William Ardron, 8, Y
f) Henry Ardron, 5, Y
g) Harriet Ardron, 1, Y
(PRO ref HO107/195/13/2/22/9/14)
His eldest daughter is shown as Ann (rather than Mary Ann)
and also in Upperthorpe at the residence of George Taylor, a
farmer. NEED TO CHECK
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) John was listed as head of household at
Killamarsh, Derbyshire:
a) John Ardron, head, married, 56, blacksmith, Yorkshire Laughton
b) Martha Ardron, wife, married, 46, Yorkshire Laughton
c) James Ardron, son, 22, coal hewer, Derbyshire Killamarsh
d) Lucy Ardron, daughter, 20, Derbyshire Killamarsh
e) William Ardron, son, 15, coal hewer, Derbyshire Killamarsh
f) Henry Ardron, son, 14, coal hewer, Derbyshire Killamarsh
g) Harriet Ardron, daughter, 10, scholar, Derbyshire Killamarsh
h) Samuel Ardron, son, 9, scholar, Derbyshire Killamarsh
(PRO ref HO107 piece 2148 folio 410 pg 15)
1853
Vaccination against small pox becomes compulsory
1854-6
1857-8 The
Indian Mutiny (against British rule)
On
the 1861 Census (7 April) John was listed as head of household at Old
Lane, Mosbrough, Eckington, Derbyshire:
a) John Ardron, head, married, 64, journeyman blacksmith, Yorkshire Laughton
b) Martha Ardron, wife, married, 55, Yorkshire Maltby
c) William Upton, boarder, married, 32, agricultural labourer, Northamptonshire
Easton [his son-in-law]
d) Lucy Upton, boarder, married, 30, Derbyshire Killamarsh [his daughter having
married William above in 1858]
e) George A Beadsley, boarder, 7, scholar, Derbyshire Eckington [his grandson,
now assuming the name of his natural father?]
(PRO ref RG9 piece 3534 folio 101 pg 7)
1863
1868 Last
public hanging
He
died on 6 February 1868 at Kilnhurst, Swinton. He was aged 70 and a blacksmith.
He died of bronchitis. The informant was S. Ardron, in attendance. (GRO
cert DXZ902566 + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 316 Mar 1868 - age 70)
Based
on the APR, he died aged 71 and was buried on 9 February 1868 at St Thomas,
Kilnhurst. (APR + Doncaster Archives – Yorkshire Burials, ref P72-1-C1, pg 30)
Martha BEIGHTON (1804 -
1877)
My G-G-G-Great Grandmother was born circa
1804/5. (Based on her age at 1841 and 1851 Censuses) Her
parents were Samuel Beighton and Elizabeth Robinson. (Carol
Ackroyd)
Martha was baptised on 18 August 1806 at
Maltby, Yorks. (Carol Ackroyd)
On the 1871 Census (2 April)
Martha was listed as head of household for 1 Barton's Yard, Kilnhurst:
a) Martha Ardron, head, widow, 64, receiving parochial relief, Yorkshire Stone
b) George Ardron, grandson, unmarried, 17, colliery lamp cleaner, Derbyshire
Killamarsh {now reverting back to being George Ardron as opposed to Beadsley]
(PRO ref RG10 piece 4712 folio 64 pg 4)
She was buried on 25 March 1877 at
Kilnhurst. She was aged 70. (Carol Ackroyd + Doncaster
Archives – Yorkshire Burials, ref P72-1-C1, pg 78) GRO REF?? HOWEVER NO DEATH INDEX ENTRY HAS BEEN
FOUND
JOHN AND MARTHA HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1)
Mary
Ann Ardron I (1826 - 1878)
My G-G-G-Great Aunt was baptised in Killamarsh (DBY) on 19 November 1826. (IGI + APR)
1841
CENSUS?? – AGED 14?
Mary
married George Bartholomew on 22 September 1845 at
On the 1851 Censys Mary was shown as Ann, aged 24,
and living with her husband at Killamarsh, Derbyshire:
a) George Bartholomew, head, married, 25, coal miner, Killamarsh,
Derbyshire
b) Ann Bartholomew, wife, marriedm 24, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
c) Edwin Bartholomew, son, 4, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
d) Jane Bartholomew, daughter, 3, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
e) Henry Bartholomew, son, 0, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
(PRO ref HO107/2148/429/15)
1861 CENSUS?? – AGED 34?
On the 1871 Census Mary
Ann and family were living at the Station Inn, 5 Station Street, Swinton:
1) George Bartholomew, head,
married, 45, coal miner and beer house keeper, Derbyshire Killamarsh
2) Mary Ann Bartholomew, wife,
married, 44, beer house keeper, Derbyshire Killamarsh
3) Herbert Hy Bartholomew, son,
unmarried, 17, coal miner, Yorkshire Darnall
4) Roseanna Bartholomew,
daughter, unmarried, 14, beer house keeper’s daughter, Yorkshire, Darnall
5) Edwin Whitehead, boarder,
unmarried, 24, coal miner, Derbyshire Eckington
(PRO
ref RG10 piece 4712 folio 64 pg 3) Next
door lived Mary Ann’s parents, Samuel Ardron V and Margaret and round the
corner [probably] Mary Ann’s son George Bartholomew and his family.
Mary Ann died in 1878 aged 51 and was buried
on 10 March 1878 at Kilnhurst. (APR – Doncaster Archives ref P72-1-C1 pg 86 +
GRO ref Rotherham 9c 395 Mar 1878 – [aged] 51 – though it should be noted that
she is shown as Ann on the death index)
George BARTHOLOMEW
(1825 -)
He was born in 1825
in Killamarsh, Derbyshire. (1871 Census)
DIED??
2) James Ardron II (1828 - 1902)
3) Lucy Ardron I (1831 - 1865)
4) William Ardron III (1833 - 1868)
5) Henry Ardron I (1835 - 1921)
6)
Harriet
Ardron II (1839 - 1910)
My G-G-G-Great Aunt was baptised in Killamarsh (DBY) on 30 December 1839. (APR) Her birth was registered early on in
1840. (GRO ref Chesterfield 19 459 Mar 1840 - name
shown as Harriot?)
On the 1841 Census (6 June) Harriet was aged 1, living with her
parents at Upperthorpe, Killamarsh (DBY). (PRO ref
HO107/195/13/2/22/9/14)
On
the 1851 Census (30 March) she was aged 10, a school girl, living with
her parents Killamarsh, Derbyshire. (PRO ref HO107 piece 2148
folio 410 pg 15)
Harriet
married Joseph Unwin on 27 December 1857 in Eckington. She was aged 18. Her
father was a blacksmith and of
On
the 1861 Census her husband Joseph was listed as head of household at
Kilnhurst, Rawmarsh:
a) John Unwin, head, married, 30, coal miner, Derbyshire Holymoorside
b) Harriet Unwin, wife, married, 21, Derbyshire Killamarsh
c) Sarah A. Unwin, daughter, 2, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
d) Emma Unwin, daughter, 1 month, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
(PRO ref RG9 piece 3508 folio 102 pg 7) noting her husband is
incorrectly recorded as John, not Joseph
On
the 1871 Census her husband Joseph was listed as head of household at 42
House, Kilnhurst, Rawmarsh:
a) Joseph Unwin, head, married, 39, coal miner, Derbyshire Brampton
b) Harriet Unwin, wife, married, 31, Derbyshire Killamarsh
c) Sarah A. Unwin, daughter, 12, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
d) Emma Unwin, daughter, 10, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
e) Lucy A. Unwin, daughter, 8, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
f) Arthur Unwin, son, 5, scholar, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
g) George Unwin, son, 4, scholar, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
h) Agnes Unwin, daughter, 6, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
i) Rose Unwin, daughter, 2, Yorkshire Kilnhurst
(PRO ref RG10 piece 4709 folio 22 pg 9)
On
the 1881 Census (3 April) Harriet and Joseph were shown as living at
Terrace Square, Hooton Road, Rawmarsh with their 4 daughters and 4 sons. Joseph
was now a coal miner. (PRO ref RG11 piece 4680 folio 17 pg 3)
Her
husband Joseph died in 1886. (See
below)
On
the 1891 Census (5 April) she is as aged 51, a widow and a pauper at
Collingwood Terrace, Bolton on Dearne, Doncaster with one son and two
daughters. (PRO ref RG12 piece 3860 folio 35 pg 24)
On
the 1901 Census Harriet was listed as a widow and living on Mexborough
Road, Bolton-on-Dearne, Doncaster:
a) Harriet Unwin, head, widow, 61, Derbyshire Killamarsh
b) Albert Unwin, son, single, 22, coal miner trammer below ground, worker,
Yorkshire Kilnhurst
c) Leonard Unwin, son, single, 17, colliery labourer below ground, worker,
Yorkshire Kilnhurst
d) Harriet E. Wood, granddaughter, 14, servant domestic, worker, Lancashire
Manchester
e) John Bisby, boarder, widower, 54, colliery labourer below ground, worker,
Yorkshire Adwick Le Street
(PRO ref RG13 piece 4409 folio 40 pg 11)
Harriet died in 1910 aged 71 and was buried at
Kilnhurst on 13 December that year. (APR – Doncaster Archives ref P72-1-C3 pg 29 + GRO ref Doncaster 9c
487 Dec 1910 – [aged] 71)
Joseph Unwin (1833 -
1886)
He was born in 1833, son of Robert Unwin, a miner. (Based on age
at marriage)
Joseph died
in
7) Samuel Ardron V (1842
- 1908)