George ARDRON
VI (1913 - 1991)
Father: Edwin Ardron I (1879 - 1944)
Mother: Kate Liversidge
(1880 - 1965)
Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:
My
3rd cousin twice removed was born on 30 June 1913 in the registration
district of Hemsworth . (Paul Ardron IV + GRO ref
Hemsworth 9c 396 Sep 1913 - Liversidge)
1913 on 4 June Suffragette Emily Davison is killed by the king's horse
1914-18 The
Great War (World War I)
1918 in May a
massive flu epidemic reaches
1918 All men
over 21 and all women over 30 get the vote
1921 in July unemployment reaches a post-war high of 2.5 million
1922 The
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 (
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.
George married Iris Annie Lowcock in 1939. (Paul
Ardron IV + Alan Swallow + GRO ref Rother V. 9c 2433 Sep
1939 - Lowcock)
On 29 September
1939 National Registration Day took place. The register shows George and his
wife Iris living with his aunt Alice Gamewell (nee Alice Ardron
III (1888 – 1967)) at 26 Charles Street, Swinton:
a) Charles Gamewell, [born] 30 December 1886, married, steelworks watchman
b) Alice Gamewell, 7
November 1888, married, unpaid domestic duties [Alice Ardron
III (1888 – 1967), George’s aunt, and sister of George’s father Edwin Ardron I (1879 – 1944)]
c) George Ardron, 30 June 1913, married, steel wheel and tyre machinist
d) Iris Annie Ardron, 22 November 1916, married, unpaid domestic duties
(TNA
r39_3741_3741a_012)
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
1952 Death of
King George VI, succeeded by Queen Elizabeth II
1954
Rationing resulting from ends
1955 on 22 September commercial television starts with the first ITV broadcast
1956 on 17 October
1959 M1
Motorway punched through the Midlands from Watford to
1963 The
Profumo Affair
1965 on 8
November the death penalty is abolished
1966 on 30 July
1967 Abortion and homosexuality are legalised
1969 on 2 March Concorde, the world's first supersonic airliner, makes
its maiden flight
1971 on 15 February decimalised currency replaces 'pounds, shillings and
pence'
1973 on 1 January
1978 Wide
spread strikes result in the so called “Winter of Discontent”
1979 Margaret
Thatcher becomes
1984 on 12 March the 12-month 'Miners' Strike' over pit closures begins
1989 Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
He died in 1991. (GRO ref Rotherham 1991 vol no 3 pg no 972 reg no 691 - [born] 30-Jun-1913)
Iris Annie LOWCOCK
(1916 - 1982)
She
was born on 22 November 1916 at
Interestingly, Iris is the niece of Florence
Kate Ardron [daughter of Samuel
Ardron VI] who married Herbert Lowcock, the brother of
Iris's mother Evelyn.
1921 CENSUS?? AGED 5?
Iris became a nurse, and in August 1959
the local newspaper, the South Yorkshire Times, reported the following:
PRESENTATION.– After 13 years as a part-time
relief nurse in the Wath Swinton and Rawmarsh Division, Nurse I. A. Ardron of
“South View”, Crossland Road, Swinton, terminated her duties on July 31st.
Divisional Medical Officer, Dr. D. J. Cusiter, last Friday presented her with a
wristlet watch and a bouquet of carnations from nursing colleagues and the
office staff at Dunford House. Nurse Ardron, who is a State Enrolled Assistant
Nurse was formerly employed at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for ten years and gave
up this post owing to illness. She joined the staff of the Oakwood Hall
(Rotherham) tuberculosis sanatorium in June 19[?], remaining there until the
outbreak of war. During that period she obtained a certificate in T.B. nursing.
After the war she assisted the District Nursing Association at Swinton before
the Division was formed. Nurse Ardron recently took up duties as a full-time
works nurse with Baker and Bessemer of Kilnhurst.
(South Yorkshire
Times, Saturday, August 29, 1959, page 34)
Iris died on 26 May 1982. (GRO
ref Rotherham 3 812 Jun 1982 - [born] 22-No-1916 + date of birth from Wills
& Admons)
Administration of her estate was granted
at Leeds on 5 July 1982: "Ardron, Iris Annie of
GEORGE AND IRIS HAD THE
FOLLOWING CHILD: