William Giles PONTER, b: -

^{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}



		^John PONTER^{b. d.1863}

	^{William Giles PONTER}^{b. d.1945}

		^{Elizabeth THORP}^{b.1824 d. Y/}

^{Gladys Thorpe PONTER}^{b.1885 d.1969 Brixham, Devon}

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

	^{Emily CROSSLAND}^{b. d. Y/}