Thomas ARDRON
IX (1827 - 1914)
Father: Barnabas
Ardron II (1793 - 1857)
Mother: Ann Hibberd (1800 – 1882?)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My 1st cousin 5 times removed was born on 12 October
1827 and was then baptised on 28 October at the Cathedral Church of St Peter
and St Paul, Sheffield. His parents were Barnabas, a cutler, and Ann Ardron. (Sheffield Archives – Baptisms,
ref PR-138-2-15, pg 237 + age on 1841 Census)
1829 The Metropolitan
Police is established by Robert Peel
1830
Opening of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway
1830-2
First major cholera epidemic in Britain
1833
Abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire
1833
The Factory Act - prohibits children aged less than 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
1840
The penny post is started
On the 1841 Census Thomas was aged 13 and
living with his mother at Scotland Street, Sheffield [whilst his father
Barnabas Ardron II was in Sheffield’s Gaol]:
a) Ann Ardron, 40, Yorkshire
b) James Ardron, 17, Yorkshire
c) Thomas Ardron, 13, Yorkshire
d) William Ardron, 8, Yorkshire
e) John Ardron, 6, Yorkshire
f) Charles Ardron, 3, Yorkshire
g) Henry Ardron, 0, Yorkshire
(PRO ref HO107
piece 1335 book 5 folio 15 pg 23)
On the 1851 Census Thomas is lodging at 67
Scotland Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Ann Gallimore, head, widow, 42, mangle keeper, Dronfield, Derbyshire
b) Thomas Ardron, lodger, married, 23, spring knife cutler, Sheffield,
Yorkshire
c) John Maxwell, lodger, unmarried, 19, silver smith, Sheffield, Yorkshire
d) Robert Allen visitor, 9, at home, Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref HO107 piece 2339 folio
644 pg 17) However
it is unlikely that Thomas was actually married at that time.
Thomas married Amelia Barnes on 2 March 1852 at
All Saints Church, Ecclesall, Sheffield. He was a scythe smith. Both Thomas and
Amelia were 24 and of Ecclesall. Their fathers were Barnabas Ardron and William
Barnes, both being spring knife cutlers. Witnesses were Verdon Barnes and
Joseph Batchelor. (Sheffield
Archives – Parish Marriages, ref PR-100-3-1, pg 14)
1853 Vaccination against
small pox becomes compulsory
1854-6
Britain fights in the Crimean War
1857-8
The Indian Mutiny (against British rule)
On the 1861 Census Thomas was head of household
for Artizan View, Nether Hallam, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Thomas Ardron, head, married, 33, scythe smith, journeyman, Sheffield,
Yorkshire
b) Amelia Ardron, wife, married, 33, Sheffield, Yorkshire
c) Henry Ardron, son, 6, Heeley, Yorkshire
d) Ann E Ardron, daughter, 4, Heeley, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG9 piece 3475 folio 114
pg 11) Shown
as Andson on Findmypast index
1870 Primary education becomes compulsory
On the 1871 Census Thomas is head of household
at Gleadless, Handsworth, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Thomas Ardron, head, married, 43, patent scythe smith, Sheffield Yorkshire
b) Amelia Ardron, wife, married, 42, Sheffield Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG10 piece 4700 folio
127 pg 15)
On 13 July 1874 Thomas, aged 47 was committed
to trial at Derby on the charge of maliciously, on the 26 June 1874, inflicting
upon Charles Steel grievous bodily harm with a scythe back in Beighton. The committing
magistrates were T. W. Rodgers Esq. of Endcliffe Vale, near Sheffield, and W.
G. Blake Esq. of Sharrow House, Sheffield. He pleaded guilty to inflicting
grievous bodily harm for which he was sentenced to imprisonment with hard
labour for six calendar months at the prison in Derby. (PRO ref HO140 - Sentences of Prisoners Tried At The Assizes For The
Year 1874, piece 25)
On the 1881 Census Thomas was head of household
for 67, Weigh Lane, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Thomas Ardron, head, married, 54, scythe smith (agricultural implements),
Sheffield, Yorkshire
b) Amelia Ardron, wife, married, 54, Sheffield, Yorkshire
c) Anne E Ardron, daughter, unmarried, single, 21, tailoress, Sheffield,
Yorkshire
d) Ada Burton, visitor, single, 11, scholar, Sheffield, Yorkshire
e) William Calow, boarder lodger, widower, 56, engine tender, Clowne,
Derbyshire
(PRO ref RG11 piece 4653 folio 146
pg 28)
On the 1891 Census Thomas is head of household
for 6 Prospect View, Heeley, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Thomas Ardron, head, married, 64, scythe maker, employed,
Sheffield Yorkshire
b) Amelia Ardron, wife, married, 62, Sheffield, Yorkshire
RG12 Piece number 3812 Folio 45
Page 8
His wife Amelia died in 1897.
On the 1901 Census Thomas is a widower and
boarding at 73 Colver Road, Town, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
a) Rose Ann Standish, head, widow, 55, lodging house, Sheffield, Yorkshire
b) Joseph Standish, son, single, 20, painter, Sheffield, Yorkshire
c) Lilian M Standish, daughter, single, 14, errand girl, Sheffield, Yorkshire
d) Thomas Ardron, boarder, widower, 74, living on own means, Sheffield,
Yorkshire
e) Selina Raines, boarder, widow, 74, living on own means, Sheffield, Yorkshire
(PRO ref RG13 piece 4355 folio 44
pg 28)
1911 Census?? Aged 84?
Thomas died in 1914 aged 86. (GRO ref Ecclesall B. 9c 499 Jun
1914 – [aged] 86)
Amelia BARNES
(1828 - 1897)
She
was born in 1828. (Based on age at
death)
Amelia died in 1897 aged
69 and was buried on 12 June at Christ Church, Heeley. She was resident at 6
Prospect View. (Sheffield
Archives – Parish Burials, ref PR-103-3-3, pg 55 + GRO ref Ecclesall B. 9c 253
Jun 1897 – [aged] 69)
THOMAS AND AMELIA HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1) Henry Ardron (1854 - 1858)
My 2nd cousin 4 times removed was born on 20
June 1854 and then baptised on 16 July at the Cathedral Church of St Peter
& St Paul, Sheffield. His parents were Thomas, scythe smith, and Amelia
Ardron of Heeley near Sheffield. (Sheffield
Archives – Parish Baptisms, ref PR-138-2-34, pg 149 + GRO ref Ecclesall B. 9c
246 Jun 1854)
On the 1861 Census Henry was aged 6 and living
with his parents at Artizan View, Heeley, Nether Hallam, Ecclesall Bierlow,
Sheffield, Yorkshire. (PRO ref RG9
piece 3475 folio 114 pg 11) Shown as Andson on Findmypast index
He died in 1858 aged 4 and was buried on 5
April at Christ Church, Heeley. He was of Young Street, Sheffield. (Sheffield Archives – Parish
Burials, ref PR-103-3-1 pg 25 + GRO ref Sheffield 9c 197 Jun 1858)
2) Ann Elizabeth Ardron (1856 -)
My 2nd cousin 4 times removed was born in 1856.
(GRO ref Ecclesall B. 9c 209 Dec
1856)
On the 1861 Census Ann was aged 4 and living
with her parents at Artizan View, Nether Hallam, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield,
Yorkshire. (PRO ref RG9
piece 3475 folio 114 pg 11) Shown as Andson on Findmypast index
1871 Census?? Aged 14?
On the 1881 Census Anne (now with an e) was
shown aged 21(?) and a tailoress, living with her parents at 67 Weigh Lane,
Sheffield, Yorkshire. (PRO ref RG11 piece 4653 folio 146
pg 28)
Married??
1891 Census?? Aged 34?
Died??