Sydney THOMAS, b: 1908 - Bideford, Devon

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}




	^{Sydney THOMAS}^{b.1908 Bideford, Devon d.1970 Preston, Lancs}

^{Jean Mary THOMAS}^{b. Private d.}

^{David Charles THOMAS}^{b.1938 d.1998}			^{Stephen HAYTHORNTHWAIT}^{b.1845 Cockley Bank, Yorks d.1915 Caton, Lancs}

		^{Joseph HAYTHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1871 Caton, Lancs d.1931 Caton, Lancs}	^{Jane NEWHOUSE}^{b.1844 Aughton, Lancs d.1929 Lunesdale, Lancs}

	^{Jane HAYTHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1904 Simonstone, Lancs d.1999}		^{William HAYTHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1834 Hollins, Slaidburn, Yorks d.1906 Simonstone, Lancs}

		^{Mary HAYTHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1869 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1913 Burnley, Lancs}	^{Sarah WILKINSON}^{b.1838 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1885 Colne, Lancs}