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William ARDRON I (1792 - 1871)

Father: Thomas Ardron II (1770 - 1832)
Mother: Ann Barlow (1771 - 1845)

Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

§  3.2 William Ardron I (1792 - 1871)

 

My G-G-G-G-Great Uncle was born on 25 February 1792 and then baptised a month later on 26 March in London at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, Camden, Middlesex. His parents were Thomas and Ann Ardron. (This agrees with him being shown as being born in London on 1851 + 1861 Censuses even though he was living in Laughton En Le Morthen) REF??

 

His parents left London and returned to Laughton En Le Morthen circa 1794 after the birth of William’s brother Barnabas Ardron II (1793 - 1857), but before the birth of his brother Thomas Ardron III (1795 -).

1800 Act of Union with Ireland
1802 Peel introduces the first factory legislation
1803 The Napoleonic Wars begin - Britain declares war on France
1805 Battle of Trafalgar - Nelson destroys the French and Spanish fleets but is killed in the process
1815 Battle of Waterloo - defeat for Napoleon by the Duke of Wellington and the end of the Napoleonic Wars

He married Mary ?? before the 1841 Census. Was this to Mary Oldfield?

1825 The World's first railway service, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
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 William was living at Laughton Village, Laughton En Le Morthen, Rotherham, Yorkshire:
a) William Ardron, 49, 1792, blacksmith, born in same county – no
b) Mary Ardron, 49, 1792, born in same county – yes
(GRO ref HO107 piece 1332 book 1 folio 12A pg 12)

 

On the 1851 Census William was head of household in Laughton Village, Laughton-En-Le Morthen, Rotherham, Yorkshire:
a) William Ardron, head, married, 59, master blacksmith, City of London
b) Mary Ardron, wife, married, 58, Bolton, Yorkshire
(GRO ref HO107 piece 2345 folio 283 pg 15)

 

Wiliam’s wife Mary died in 1855.

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 William was head of household at Ardrons Yard, Workhouse Hill, Laughton En Le Morthen, Rotherham, Yorkshire:
a) William Ardron, head, widower, 69, blacksmith, London, Middlesex
b) John Ardron, son, married, male, 39, blacksmith, Conisbrough, Yorkshire
c) Mary A Ardron, daughter in law, married, 32, Manchester, Lancashire
d) John W Ardron, grandson, 10, scholar, Manchester, Lancashire
(GRO ref RG9 piece 3512 folio 33 pg 16)

1870 Primary education becomes compulsory

William died in 1871 and was buried on 21 January at St Swithin Lincoln. He was of 11 Fenton Terrace, Waterside North. (Findmypast – Lincolnshire Archives – Parish Burials, pg 137 + GRO ref Lincoln 7a 344 Mar 1871 – [aged] 84) 11 Fenton Terrace was where his sons Thomas and John lived on the 1871 Census. The record shows him being aged 84, which if correct would mean he was born in 1787 and not 1792 as per the baptism and Census records.

 

Mary ?? (1793 - 1855)
She was born in 1793 at Bolton, Yorkshire. (Based on age + location on 1851 Census)

 

She died in 1855 aged 61 and was buried on 10 February at All Saints, Laughton En Le Morthen. (Sheffield Archives – Yorkshire Burials, ref PR-114-4-1, pg 66 + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 291 Mar 1855)

WILLIAM AND MARY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Thomas Ardron VII (1816 - 1898)

2) John Ardron XI (1820 - 1888)

3) Charles Ardron V (1822 - 1881)