Ernest ARDRON II (1881 –)
Father: Henry Ardron I (1835 - 1921)
Mother: Emma Turner (1842
- 1918)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My 1st cousin 4 times removed was born on 8 May 1881 at 70 Charles Street, Swinton. His father was a labourer. (GRO cert BXBZ611025 + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 669 Jun 1881)
1883 Married women obtain the right to acquire
their own property
1884 The Third Reform Act - voting extended to agricultural workers
(triples the electorate)
1891
Population of England reaches 27,304,000
On the 1891
Census (5 April) Ernest was aged 9, living with his parents at
a) Henry Ardron, head, married, 54, colliery labourer, employed, Derbyshire
Killamarsh, deaf
b) Emma Ardron, wife, married, 49, Yorkshire Rawmarsh
c) John E Ardron, son, single, 24, wagon wheel mechanic, employed, Yorkshire
Swinton
d) Edwin Ardron, son, single, 22, mineral water maker, employed, Yorkshire
Swinton
e) Leonard Ardron, son, single, 17, colliery labourer, employed, Yorkshire
Swinton
f) Oscar Ardron, son, 15, scholar, Yorkshire Swinton
g) Matthew Ardron, son, 13, scholar, Yorkshire Swinton
h) Ernest Ardron, son, 9, scholar, Yorkshire Swinton
(PRO ref RG12 Enumeration district 13 folio 48 page 126)
1893 Invention of motion pictures by Thomas Edison
1895 Invention of wireless telegraphy by G Marconi
1899-1902 Britain fights the Boer War in
1901 Death of Queen
1901
Population of England reaches 30,594,000
On the 1901 Census (31 March) Ernest was
aged 19, a coal miner trammer, living with his parents at
a) Henry Ardron, head, married, 66, boot repairer, own account at home,
Derbyshire Killamarsh
b) Emma Ardron, wife, married, 59, Yorkshire Rawmarsh
c) Edwin Ardron, son, single, 32, mineral water drayman, worker, Yorkshire
Swinton
d) Leonard Ardron, son, single, 27, coal miner trammer, worker,
Yorkshire Swinton
e) Matthew H Ardron, son, single, 22, coal miner trammer,
worker, Yorkshire Swinton
f) Ernest Ardron, son, single, 19, coal miner trammer,
worker, Yorkshire Swinton
g) George G Hopkinson, boarder, single, 26, stone waller, worker, Derbyshire
Ashover
(PRO ref RG13 piece 4402 folio 84 page 37) -- shown
as ARDION on Ancestry.co.uk index
1908 on 27 April Olympic Games open at
1908 on 27 October Parliament approves old age
pensions (weekly means-tested pension of a maximum of
five shillings to all those aged over 70)
1910 Death of King Edward VII, succeeded by King George V
1911 National Insurance Act provides cover against
sickness and unemployment
1911 Population of England
reaches 33,704,000
On the 1911 Census (2 April) he was aged 29, a labourer –
sewage for the Sheffield Corporation, living with his parents at 7 North Street, Ryecroft, Rotherham:
a) Henry Ardron, head, 75, married (49 years), retired coal
miner, Killamarsh Derbyshire
b) Emma Ardron, wife,
69, married (49 years), Rawmarsh Yorkshire
c) Ernest Ardron, son,
29, single, labourer - sewage, Sheffield Corporation, worker, Swinton Yorkshire
The property consisted
of 4 rooms (including kitchen but excluding scullery, landing, lobby, closet,
bathroom, warehouse, office or shop if present).
(PRO ref RG14 ??)
1912 on 15 April sinking of the SS
Titanic
1913 on 4 June Suffragette Emily Davison is
killed by the king's horse
1914-18 The Great War (World
War I)
Ernest married Mary Ann
McGinn at Rotherham Register Office by certificate on 2 February 1918. He was a
bachelor, a steel worker and aged 36. His father was a coal miner. Mary was a
munition worker, aged 31. Her father was Bartholomew McGinn (deceased),
formerly a shunter on the railway. Both Ernest and Mary were of 9 Kemps Yard,
Swinton. Witnesses were Alfred Robshaw and Eliza Shaw. (GRO cert
MXB097252 + GRO ref Rotherham 9c 1208 Mar 1918 - McGinn)
1918 in May a massive flu epidemic
reaches Britain and kills more than 200,000
people in Britain and up to 50 million worldwide
1918 All men over 21 and all
women over 30 get the vote
1921 Population of England
reaches 35,274,000
1921
CENSUS??
1922 The Irish Free State is
established
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)
1931 Population of England
reaches 37,395,000
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
1938 December It was announced in
the House of Commons that in the event of war, a National Register would be
taken that listed the personal details of every civilian in Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. This Register was to be a critical tool in coordinating the
war effort at home. It would be used to issue identity cards, organise
rationing and more
1939 On September 3 Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce
to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and
Germany. World War II had begun
On 29 September 1939 National Registration Day took place. The
register shows Ernest and family were living at 6 Midlands Cottages, Wath upon
Dearne:
a) Ernest Ardron, [born] 8 May 1881, married, railway engineering, maintenance
and repair staff, sub gauger
b) Mary A. Ardron, 14 August 1888, married, unpaid domestic duties
(TNA r39_3747_3747d_022)
1939-45 World War II
1941 Population of England
reaches 39,145,000
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
1951 Population of England
reaches 41,228,000
1952 Death of King George VI, succeeded
by Queen Elizabeth II
Did Ernest die on 9 September 1953 aged 72 at 6
Mary
Ann MCGINN (1888 -)
She
was born on 14 August 1888, daughter of Bartholomew McGinn. (1939
Resister + marriage certificate)
1901 CENSUS?? Aged 13?
1911 CENSUS?? Aged 23?
1921 CENSUS?? Aged 33?
ERNEST AND MARY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILD:
1) Jessie Ardron II (1927
-)
My 2nd
cousin 3 times removed was born in
1927. (GRO ref Rotherham 9c 1151 Sep 1927 - McGinn)
MARRIED?? Probably to Kenneth G. Aiers in
1950 (GRO ref Rother V. 2c 1779 Sep 1950 – Aiers)
Jessie and Kenneth probably had one child – Janice L. Aiers
in 1954 (GRO ref Northampton 3b 752 Sep 1954 – Ardron)