James ATKINSON, b: -

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}

^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}
^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}




	^{Elizabeth ATKINSON}^{b.1826 Liverpool, Lancs d. Y/}		^{James ATKINSON}^{b. d.1838 Manchester, Lancs}

	^{Ann ATKINSON}^{b.1831 Birkenhead, Cheshire d. Y/}

	^{William ATKINSON}^{b.1831 Manchester, Lancs d. Y/}

	^{Thomas ATKINSON}^{b.1836 Skerton, Lancaster, Lancs d. Y/}

			^{Jane HATHORNTHWAITE}^{b.1801 Skerton, Lancaster, Lancs d.1864 West Derby, Lancs}