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LEWIS ARDRON I (1917 – 2006)

Father: Albert Ardron II (1883 – 1963)
Mother: Hannah Lockwood (1882 – 1967)

 

Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

§  3.2 William Ardron I (1792 - 1877)

§  4.2 Charles Ardron V (1822 - 1881)

§  5.5 Walter Ardron I (1851 – 1914)

§  6.13 Albert Ardron II (1883 - 1963)

§  7.16 Lewis Ardron I (1917 - 2006)

 

My 4th cousin 2 times removed was born in 1917. (GRO ref Fylde 8e 706 Dec 1917 – Lockwood)

 

On the 1921 Census (19 June) Lewis was living with his parents, who ran a boarding house at 30 Cookson Street, Blackpool, Lancashire:
a) Albert Ardron, [relationship to head] head, [age] 37 years 11 months, [sex] male, [marital status] married, [born] Gorton, Lancashire, [occupation] mechanical engineer and grinder, [employment] own account, [place of work] 3 Wood Street, Blackpool [number of children under age of 16] 4
b) Hannah Ardron, wife, 38 years 6 months, female, married, Guisborough, Yorkshire, housewife, at home
c) John Ardron, son, 12 years 8 months, male, [marital status or orphan hood] both parents alive, Burnley, Lancashire, school whole time
d) Harry Ardron, son, 11 years 0 months, male, both parents alive, Burnley, Lancashire, school whole time
e) Mollie Ardron, daughter, 5 years 7 months, female, both parents alive, Blackpool, Lancashire, school whole time
f) Lewis Ardron, son, 3 years 8 months, male, both parents alive, Blackpool, Lancashire
g) William Duncan, boarder, 33 years 7 months, male, single, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, hotel “boots”[?], no fixed place
h) Percy Lawless, boarder, 21 years 6 months, male, single, Sheffield, Yorkshire, house decorator, E. Jackson, 90 High Street, Blackpool
i) James William Hill, boarder, 58 years 4 months, male, married, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, horse driver, Joe Ramsden, Elizabeth Street, Blackpool
j) Mary Ann Witten, visitor, 58 years 4 months, female, widow, Bolton, Lancashire, home duties, 10 Hampton Court, Bolton
k) Mary Ann Lockwood, visitor, 63 years 11 months, female, widow, Altham Fen, Lincolnshire, home duties, 38 Coultate Street, Burnley
l) Harry Lockwood, visitor, 33 years 6 months, male, married, Guisborough, Yorkshire, booking clerk, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway[?], Burnley, [number of children under age of 16] 2
m) Annie Margaret Lockwood, visitor, 29 years 8 months, female, married, Glasgow, Scotland, home duties, 23 Coultate Street, Burnley
n) Robert Henry Lockwood, visitor, 3 years 8 months, male, both parents alive, Burnley, Lancashire
o) Allan Maitland Lockwood, visitor, 1 year 7 months, male, both parents alive, Burnley, Lancashire
p) Alfred Scattingood, visitor, 52 years 11 months, male, married, Salford, Lancashire, cabinet maker, Co-op Wholesale Society, Salford
q) Mary Alice Scattingood, visitor, 48 years 7 months, female, married, Manchester, Lancashire, home duties
(PRO ref RG15 RD 477 RS 4 ED 14) The property had 10 rooms.
Shown as Ardson on the FindmyPast index

 

On the 1939 Register Lewis is almost certainly living with his parents at 166 Whitegate Drive(?), Blackpool:
a) Albert Ardron, 30 July 1883, married, general engineer
b) Hannah Ardron, 20 December 1882, married, unpaid domestic duties
c) This record is officially closed as at November 2020 – likely to be their son Lewis
(PRO ref RG 101/4248C)

 

He married Lilian Druci Taylor in 1940. (GRO ref Blackpool 8e 1938 Jun 1940 – Taylor)  

 

On 22 July 1947 Lewis is recorded as leaving England from Southampton destined for Cape Town, South Africa. He travelled alone on the Carnarvon Castle of the Union Castle Line He was 29, an electrical engineer and of 36 Stanley Street, Ulverston, Lancashire. (Ancestry.com - UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960) Noting that his first wife Lillian and their two children Renee and Lewis are recorded as arriving back in England at Southampton in 1949 having sailed from South Africa. (TNA - UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960)

 

At some point he returned to England. Noting that in 1958 his new partner Pauline Thelma Gildenhuys (shown as Pauline Ardron) and their daughter Margaret arrive in England from South Africa. (TNA - Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1399)

 

Lewis married Pauline Gildenhuys in 1960. (GRO ref Preston 10f 807 Sep 1960 – Gildenhuys)

 

In March 1962 Lewis is then recorded as arriving in Brisbane, Western Australia, Australia, on the Stratheden operated by P&O Orient Lines along with his second wife Pauline and their two daughters Stella and Anna-Marie:
a) [embarked] London, [name] L Ardron, [country of birth] England, male, 44, married, electrician, [country of last stay for 12 months or more] England, [intended length of stay in Australia] permanent
b) London, P. T. Ardron, South Africa, female, 30, married, housewife, England, permanent
c) London, S. M. Ardron, South Africa, female, 6, single, schoolchild, England, permanent
d) London, A. M. A. Ardron, England, female, 2, single, - , England, permanent
(National Archives of Australia - Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and Western Australian outports from 1897-1963; Series Number: K 269; Reel Number: 191)

 

Between 1968 and 1980 Lewis and Pauline were resident at 6 Weston Street, Carlisle, Rivervale, Swan, Western Australia, Australia. He was an electrical fitter. (Ancestry.com - Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980)

 

He died in 2006 in Perth, Western Australia. (Ref ??)

 

Lilian Druciella TAYLOR (1917 – 1998)
She was born on 28 May 1917. (DoB on death index)

 

Lilian moved to South Africa after the birth of her two children, her husband Lewis having sailed on 22 July 1947 from Southampton destined for Cape Town, South Africa. (Ancestry.com - UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960)

 

However she and her two children returned to England from Cape Town on 22 July 1949 aboard the Dunnottar Castle of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd:
a) Lilian Ardron, [age] 31, [proposed address] 21 Kay Street, Blackpool, Lancs, [occupation] housewife, [country of last permanent residence] South Africa, [country of intended future residence] England
b) Renee Ardron, 7, as above, daughter, South Africa, England
c) Lewis Ardron, 4, as above, son, South Africa, England
(Ancestry.com - UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960)

           

Lilian died in 1998 aged 80. (PRO ref Blackpool and Fylde Jan 1998 Register Number B48C, District and Subdistrict 5811B, Entry Number 238 – [born] 28May 1917)

         

Pauline Thelma GILDENHUYS (1931 – )
She was born in South Africa on 4 May 1931. (TNA; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: 1958 Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1399)

           

Pauline arrived in England on 16 February 1958 with her daughter at the Port of London from Capetown, South Africa aboard the Dunnottar Castle of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd:
a) Pauline Ardron, [embarked] Cape Town, female, [born] 4 May 1931, married, [address] 166, Westmorland Avenue, Blackpool, housewife, [citizen], South Africa, [country of last permanent residence] South Africa, [country of intended future residence] England
b) Margaret Ardron, Cape Town, female, 23 May 1955, single, 166, Westmoreland Avenue, Blackpool, N/A, South Africa, South Africa, England
(TNA - Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1399) It should be noted that whilst Pauline is shown as Pauline Ardron, this is 2 years before her marriage to Lewis in England.

           

In March 1962 she arrives in Brisbane, Western Australia, Australia, on the Stratheden wife her husband and their two daughters. (National Archives of Australia - Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and Western Australian outports from 1897-1963; Series Number: K 269; Reel Number: 191)

 

Between 1968 and 1980 Pauline was resident with her husband at 6 Weston Street, Carlisle, Rivervale, Swan, Western Australia, Australia. (Ancestry.com - Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980)

         

            DIED??

           

LEWIS AND LILIAN HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Renee Diane Ardron (1942 -)

My 5th cousin 1 times removed was born in 1942. (GRO ref Blackpool 8e 963 Mar 1942 – Taylor)

 

Part of her early childhood was spent in South Africa. She returned to England from Cape Town on 22 July 1949 aged 7, with her mother and brother aboard the Dunnottar Castle of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. (Ancestry.com - UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960)

 

Renee married Neil Morrison in 1983. (GRO ref Blackpool/F 40 441 Jun 1983 – Morrison)

 

            Neil MORRISON (-)
          BORN??

                         

2) Lewis Ardron II (1944 -)

 

LEWIS AND PAULINE HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Stella Margaret Ardron (1955 -)

My 5th cousin 1 times was born in 1955 in South Africa. (National Archives of Australia - Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and Western Australian outports from 1897-1963; Series Number: K 269; Reel Number: 191)

 

In March 1962 Stella arrived in Brisbane, Western Australia, Australia, on the Stratheden operated by P&O Orient Lines with her parents and sister. She was aged 6. (National Archives of Australia - Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and Western Australian outports from 1897-1963; Series Number: K 269; Reel Number: 191)

 

MARRIED??

 

2) Anna-Marie A. Ardron (1959 -)

My 5th cousin 1 times was born in 1959. (GRO ref Preston 10f 534 Sep 1959 – Gildenhuys)

In March 1962 Anna-Marie arrived in Brisbane, Western Australia, Australia, on the Stratheden operated by P&O Orient Lines with her parents and sister. She was aged 2. (National Archives of Australia - Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and Western Australian outports from 1897-1963; Series Number: K 269; Reel Number: 191)

 

MARRIED??

                             

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