Ernest Alexander HITCHON, b: 1901

^{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 HITCHON}^{b.1832 Great Harwood, Lancs d.1907 Whalley, Lancs}

	^{Peter HITCHON}^{b.1876 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d. Y/}	^{Mary ARMISTEAD}^{b. d. Y/}

^{Ernest Alexander HITCHON}^{b.1901 Accrington, Lancs d.1958 Amounderness, Lancs}

	^{Ellen Frederica POLLARD}^{b.1879 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d. Y/}





^{Margaret ILLINGWORTH}^{b. d.}