Elsie CROSSLAND, b: 1890 - Salford, Lancs

^{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}




^{William MERCER}^{b.1877 Blackburn, Lancs d.1924 Darwen, Lancs}



		^{Robert CROSSLAND}^{b.1824 Salford, Lancs d.1896 Southport, Lancs}

	^{William Henry CROSSLAND}^{b.1859 Salford, Lancs d.1898 Falmouth, Cornwall.}	^{Elizabeth THORPE}^{b.1824 Manchester, Lancs d.1887 Higher Broughton, Lancs}

^{Elsie CROSSLAND}^{b.1890 Salford, Lancs d.1962 St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs}

	^Clara HART^{b.1862 Manchester, Lancs d.1897 Salford, Lancs}