Joseph ARDRON
V (1879 – 1968)
Father: Walter
Ardron I (1851 – 1914)
Mother: Sarah Ann Garner (1848 – 1923?)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
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3.2 William Ardron I (1792 - 1877)
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4.2 Charles Ardron V (1822 - 1881)
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5.5 Walter Ardron I (1851 – 1914)
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6.13 Joseph Ardron V (1879 – 1968)
My
3rd cousin 3 times removed was born on 3 May 1879 in Manchester. (1881 Census + 1939 Register +
GRO ref Chorlton 8c 748 Jun 1879)
On the 1881 Census Joseph was aged 1 and living
with his parents at ??
Smith Street, Ardwick, Lancashire:
a) Walter Ardron, head, married, 29, moulder (iron), Sheffield, Yorkshire
b) Sarah A Ardron, wife, married, 34, Betley,
Staffordshire
c) Amy Ardron, daughter, 4, Manchester,
Lancashire
d) Joseph Ardron, son, 1, Manchester,
Lancashire
(PRO ref RG11 piece
3895 folio 69 pg 16)
On the 1891 Census Joseph was aged 11 and
living with his parents at 6 Bank Meadow, Horwich, Lancashire:
a) Walter Ardron, head, married, 39, iron moulder, Sheffield, Yorkshire
b) Sarah A Ardron, wife, married, 44, Betley,
Staffordshire
c) Amy Ardron, daughter, 14, Manchester,
Lancashire
d) Joseph Ardron, son, 11, Manchester,
Lancashire
e) Albert Ardron, son, 7, Manchester, Lancashire
f) Charles Ardron, son, 3, Manchester, Lancashire
(PRO ref RG12 piece
3104 folio 55 pg 18)
On the 1901 Census Joseph was aged 21 and
living with his parents at 138, Brownlow Road, Horwich, Lancashire:
a) Walter Ardron, head, married, 49, iron moulder, Sheffield, Yorkshire
b) Sarah A Ardron, wife, married, 53, Betley,
Staffordshire
c) Amy Ardron,
daughter, 24, Ardwick, Lancashire
d) Joseph Ardron, son, 21, tool sharpener,
Ardwick, Lancashire
e) Albert Ardron , son, 17, steam engine maker apprentice fitter, Gorton, Lancashire
f) Charles Ardron, son, 13, Horwich, Lancashire
g) William H Stokes, son in law, 27, store
keeper at engine works, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
h) Walter H Stokes, grand son, 1, Horwich,
Lancashire
i) Albert Stokes, grand son, 2 months, Horwich,
Lancashire
(PRO ref RG13 piece 3609 folio 95
pg 1)
Joseph married Alice Annie Williamson on 6 June
1906. (GRO ref Bolton
8c 901 Jun 1906)
On the
1911 Census Joseph is shown as married and living in the house next to his
parents, at 31 Osbourne Street, Greenhill, Blackpool:
a) Joseph Ardron, head, married, 32, saw repairer dealer, Ardwick, Manchester,
Lancashire
(PRO ref RG14 piece 25411) His
wife and children are shown at his mother in law’s house in Horwich,
Lancashire.
On the 1939 Register Joseph was living at 104
Bispham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire:
a) Joseph Ardron, 3 May 1879, married, ironmonger, saw repairs and
tool merchant
b) Alice Annie Ardron, 18 April 1881, married, unpaid domestic duties
(PRO ref: RG 101/4240A)
He died on 17 February
1968 aged 88. (Wills &
Admons + GRO ref Blackpool 10b 713 Mar 1968 – [aged] 88)
Probate of his estate was granted on 5 June 1968: “Ardron Joseph of 106
Hardhorn Rd Poulton-le-Fylde Lanc died 17 February 1968 Probate Lancaster 5
June. £20715” (Wills &
Admons, 1968)
Alice Annie WILLIAMSON (1881 – 1958)
She was born in Horwich, Lancashire on 18 April
1881. (Based on 1911
Census + 1939 Register + GRO ref Bolton 8c 364 Jun 1881)
On the 1911 Census Alice is
shown living with her mother Elizabeth Williamson at 26 George Street, Horwich,
Lancashire:
a) Elizabeth Williamson, head, widowed, 52, Adlington, Lancashire
b) Richard Williamson, son, single, railway clerk, Horwich, Lancashire
Harry Williamson, son, single, street metal works, Horwich, Lancashire
b) Alice Annie Ardron, daughter, married, 29, Horwich, Lancashire
c) Harry Ardron, grand son, 3, Horwich, Lancashire
d) Norah Ardron, grand daughter, 1m, Blackpool, Lancashire
e) William James Hazelhurst, boarder, single, 25,
Runcorn, Cheshire
(PRO ref RG14 piece 23335)
Alice A. died aged 77 on 6
October 1958 in Blackpool. (Wills & Admons + GRO ref
Blackpool 10b 464 Dec 1958 – [aged] 77)
Probate of her estate was granted
on 16 January 1959: “ARDRON Alice Annie of 104 Bispham Road Blackpool (wife of
Joseph Ardron) died 6 October 1958 Probate London 16 January to the said Joseph
Ardron retired ironmonger and cutler Harry Ardron ironmonger and cutler and
Norah Rigby married woman”. (Wills & Admons, 1959)
JOSEPH AND ALICE ANNIE HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1)
Harry Ardron IV (1907 – 1988)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in
Horwich, Lancashire on 23 May 1907. (1911
Census + dob on death
index + GRO ref Bolton 8c 405 Sep 1907)
On the
1911 Census Harry was aged 3 and with his mother living at his maternal
grandmother’s residence at 26 George Street, Horwich, Lancashire. (PRO ref RG14 piece 23335)
1921 CENSUS?? Aged 13?
On the 1939 Register Harry was living with his
mother-in-law at 48 Mather Street, Blackpool, Lancashire:
a) Ellen Ann Berry, 14 September 1869, widow, retired independent means
b) Ivy E B Ardron, 21 January 1904, married, unpaid domestic duties
c) Harry Ardron, 23 May 1907, married, ironmonger (master) & saw maker
d) Elizabeth (Ardron - crossed out) Marsh, 26 December 1931, single, at school
e) This record is officially closed – but is almost certainly Anthony Paul
Ardron
(PRO ref RG 101/4245A)
Harry died in Blackpool in 1988. (GRO ref Blackpool/F 40 840 1988
– [born] 23MY1907)
Probate of his estate was granted on 1 June
1988: “Ardron, Harry of 26 Lockwood Av
Poulton le Fylde nr Blackpool died 3 March 1988 Probate Liverpool 1 June £26466
8880802048D” (Wills
& Admons)
Did Harry marry Ivy Ellen Burton Berry in 1930? GRO ref Fylde 8e 1871
Sep 1930 – Berry)
Then had three children: Elizabeth Ardron in 1932 (GRO ref Fylde 8e 717 Mar
1932 – Berry) and Anthony P. Ardron in 1940 (GRO ref Blackpool 8e 1199 Sep 1940
– Berry) and Robert M. Ardron in 1935 (GRO ref Fylde 8e 715 Sep 1935 – Berry)
Ivy then died in 1965 aged 60. (GRO ref Fylde 10c 251 Jun 1965 – [aged] 60)
Probate 1965 “ARDRON Ivy Ellen Burton of 266 Hardhorn Road Poulton-le-Fylde
Lancashire died 3 April 1965 Probate Lancaster 27 October to Harry Ardron and Robert Michael Ardron
ironmongers. £9307.” (Wills & Admons, 1965)
Anthony P. married Carole A. Evans in 1961. (GRO ref Blackpool 10b 1131 Sep
1961 – Evans)
They had three children: Paul A. Ardron in 1965 (GRO ref Fylde 10c 350 Jun 1965
– Evans); Simon Mark Ardron in 1967 (GRO ref Fylde 10c 384 Sep 1967 – Evans);
Neil Martin Ardron in 1969 (GRO ref Fylde 10c 915 Sep 1969 – Evans);
Elizabeth married John B. Marsh in 1957. (GRO ref Blackpool 10b 1019 Sep 1957 –
Marsh)
Robert Michael married Colette Pearce in 1965 (GRO ref Fylde 10c 446 Oct 1965 –
Pearce) – they had two children, Zoe Joanne Ardron in 1966 (GRO ref Blackpool
10b 671 Dec 1966 - Pearce) and Robert Nathan Ardron in 1969 GRO ref Fylde 10c
860 1969- Pearce)
2) Norah Ardron (1911 - 2000)
My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in
Blackpool on 20 February 1911. (1911
Census + 1939 Register + GRO ref Fylde 8e 501 Mar 1911)
On the 1911
Census Norah was aged 1 month and with his mother living at his maternal
grandmother’s residence at 26 George Street, Horwich, Lancashire. (PRO ref RG14 piece 23335)
Norah married Ernest Rigby in 1936. (GRO ref Fylde 8e 1821 Jun 1936 –
Rigby)
On the 1939 Register Norah was living at 169
Kingsacre Drive, Blackpool:
a) Ernest Rigby, 5 October 1908, married, wheelwright and body builder
b) Norah Rigby, 20 February 1911, married, housewife
c) Philip Rigby, 27 July 1937, single, under school age
(GRO ref RG 101/4243G)
Norah
died in January 2000 aged 88. (GRO ref Registration Date Jan
2000, Registration District: Fleetwood and Fylde, Register Number: FL4F,
District and Subdistrict: 5841, Entry Number: 91, death age: 88, birth date: 20
Feb 1911)
Enest RIGBY (1908 – )
He was born on 5 October 1908. (1939 Register)
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