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KENNETH ARDRON IV (1926 – 1994)

Father: Horace Ardron V (1902 – 1978)
Mother: May France (1903 – 1963)

Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

• 1.1 Thomas Ardron I (1739 – 1797)
• 2.1 George Ardron I (1765 - 1825)
• 3.1 Peter Ardron I (1799 – 1867)
• 4.1 George Ardron VIII (1834 - 1906)
• 5.2 George Henry Ardron IV (1862 – 1932)
• 6.1 Horace Ardron V (1902 – 1978)
• 7.1 Kenneth Ardron IV (1926 - 1994)
• 2.1 Thomas Ardron II (1770 - 1832)
• 3.2 John Ardron I (1797 - 1868)
• 4.4 James Ardron II (1828 - 1902)
• 5.10 Samuel Ardron VI (1856 - 1917)
• 6.28 Horace Ardron II (1894 -1973)
• 7.30 Raymond Ardron I (1922 - 2003)
• 8.29 Derrick Ardron (1947 -)
• 9.25 Simon Anthony Ardron (1973 -)

My 5th cousin 2 times removed was born on 12 May 1926. (1939 Register + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 929 Sep 1926 – France)

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)

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

On the 1939 Register Horace was living at 169 Eyre Street, Sheffield:
a) Horace Ardron, 10 February 1902, married, general labourer, A.R.P. Service Sheffield Corporation
b) May Ardron, 27 May 1903, married, unpaid domestic duties
c) Ronald Ardron, 15 April 1923, single, spoon and fork maker
d) Horace Ardron, 20 August 1924, single, twist drill lathe ?
e) Kenneth Ardron, 12 May 1926, single, at school
f) Constance M. Ardron [crossed out] Cross, 17 June 1928, single, at school
g) Eric Ardron, 26 April 1934, single, at school
h) This record is officially closed – as at November 2020
i) This record is officially closed – as at November 2020
(PRO ref RG 101/3555A)

1939-45 World War II
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

Kenneth married Agnes Kidman on 1 July 1950 at St. Vincent’s Church, Sheffield. He was of 107 Howard Road, and his father was Horace Ardron. Witnesses were Mary Doherty and H. Ardron [his brother Horace]. (Sheffield Indexers – marriages, pg no 151 + GRO ref Sheffield 2d 539 Sep 1950 - Kidman)

He died in November 1994 aged 68. (GRO ref Sheffield Nov 1994, register no. A55A, district and subdistrict 0481A, entry number 45 – [born] 12 May 1926)

Agnes KIDMAN ( – )
BORN?

KENNETH AND AGNES HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Ann Ardron X (1952 -)
My 6th cousin was born in 1952. (GRO ref Sheffield 2d 335 Dec 1952 – Kidman)

MARRIED? Possibly in 1975 to Anthony Roach. (GRO ref Sheffield 3 1399 Mar 1975 – Roach)

2) Denise M. Ardron (1955 -)
My 6th cousin was born in 1955. (GRO ref Sheffield 2d 84 Mar 1955 – Kidman)

Denise married Kenneth H. Foster in 1975. (GRO ref Sheffield 3 1112 Jun 1975 – Foster)

Kenneth H. FOSTER ( – )

3) Theresa Ardron II (1957 -)
My 6th cousin was born in 1957. (GRO ref Sheffield 2d 2 Jun 1957 – Kidman)

Theresa married Paul Willars in 1976. (GRO ref Sheffield 3 1182 Jun 1976 – Willars)

Paul WILLARS ( – )

4) Maria Ardron III (1959 -)
My 6th cousin was born in 1959. (GRO ref Sheffield 2d 19 Jun 1959 – Kidman)

MARRIED?

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