Margaret Jane BENSON, b: 1855 - Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria

^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}

^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}

^{1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president}
^{1789 French Revolution begins}
^{1798 Irish revolt against English rule}
^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}




^{Edward Wardrop CUMMING}^{b.1859 Edinburgh, SCOTLAND d.1887}





	^John BENSON^{b. d.1876 Windermere, Westm}

^{Margaret Jane BENSON}^{b.1855 Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria d. Y/}		^{Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1788 Whitendale, Lancs d.1864 Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria}

	^{Eleanor HAYTHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1820 Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria d.1855 London}	^{Jane EDMONDSON}^{b.1782 Tatham, Lancs d.1849 Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria}