John William ARDRON
II (1893 -)
Father: George Ardron II (1854 - 1917)
Mother:
Ann Green (1856 - 1929)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My
2nd cousin 3 times removed was born in 1893 at Swinton. (Based on age
and location on 1901 Census + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 751 Jun 1893)
On the 1901 Census (31 March)
he was aged 8, living with his parents at
On the 1911 Census (2 April)
he was aged 18, assisting in his father’s fish merchant business, and living
with her parents at
In 1915 aged 22 years and 8 months John William was
enlisted into the army at Mexbrough. He joined the 119th Railway Company, Royal
Engineers. The following paticulars were given / recorded:
Service number: 149858
Attested: Private 29 November 1915
Mobilised: Sapper 1 February 1916
Embarked Ex. Force France 30 May 1916
Transferred to Reserves on demobilisation: 4 October 1919
Address: 8 Station Street, Swinton
Nationality: British Subject
Age: 22 years 8 months
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 124 lbs
Chest measurement: 35 inches when fully expanded (range of expansion 3
inches)
Married: no
Trade: platelayer (Midland Railway) (PRO
– WWI Attestation Papers)
John W. married Adelaide
Goddard in 1921. (GRO ref Doncaster 9c
1622 Mar 1921 - Goddard)
On 29 September 1939
National Registration Day took place. The register shows John W. and family
living at 21 ??
Street, Mexborough:
a) John W. Ardron, [born] 24 March 1893, married, railway engineer p[ermanent]
way
b) Adelaide Ardron, 29
November 1900, married, unpaid domestic duties
c) Stanley Ardron, [born] 6
July 1921, single, chemical plant worker
(TNA r39_3681_3681i_017)
Did John
W. die in 1947 aged 54? (GRO ref Don Valley 2b 443 Dec 1947 -
[aged] 54) Based on being aged 54 at death he would have been born in
1893.
Adelaide GODDARD (1900
- )
She was born on 29 November 1900. (1939
Register) However Adelaide was probably actually born in 1899
based on the birth index. (GRO ref
Doncaster 9c 843 Dec 1899)
1901 Census – Adelaide aged 1, Mexborough PRO RG13
Clara Goddard Wife F 32
Mexbro, Yorkshire
Ivy Goddard Daughter F 7
Mexbro, Yorkshire
Elsie Goddard Daughter F 5
Mexbro, Yorkshire
Doris Goddard Daughter F 3
Mexbro, Yorkshire
Adelaide Goddard Daughter F 1
Mexbro, Yorkshire
1911 Census – Adelaide aged 11, Mexborough PRO RG14
William Goddard Head M 48
Barnsley, Yorkshire
Clara Goddard Wife F 42
Mexbro
Elsie Goddard Daughter F 15
Mexbro
Adelaide Goddard Daughter F 11
Mexbro
Leslie Goddard Son M 9
Mexbro
Norah Goddard Daughter F 7
Mexbro
Ernest Goddard Son M 3
Mexbro
JOHN W. AND CLARA HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILD:
1) Stanley Ardron II (1921 -)
My 3rd cousin twice removed was born on 6 July
1921 and then baptised on 20 July the same year at Mexborough. His parents were
John William, a plate layer, and Adelaide Ardron of 16 Schofield Street. (Findmypast – Yorkshire Baptisms
+ GRO ref Doncaster 9c 1642 Sep 1921 - Goddard))
Did
Stanley then marry in 1945 to Doreen West? (GRO ref Rother V. 9c 1964 Dec 1945
- West)
Did
they then have the following children: Janet in 1949 (GRO ref Rother V. 2c 974
Sep 1949 - West); Kathryn in 1955 (GRO ref Don Valley 2b 659 Sep 1955 - West);
Judith L. in 1962 (GRO ref Pontefract 2c 885 Jun 1962 - West) and Margaret A.
in 1964 (GRO ref Pontefract 2C 93?7 Sep 1964 - West)
Did
Janet marry in 1971 to Robert M. Hanson? (GRO ref Pontefract 2c 1474 Sep 1971 -
Hanson)
Did John
W. die in 1947 aged 54? (GRO ref Don Valley 2b 443 Dec 1947 -
[aged] 54) Based on being aged 54 at death he would have been born in
1893.