Robert HITCHON, b: 1882 - Padiham, Lancs

^{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}


		^{Peter HITCHON}^{b.1800 Whalley, Lancs d. Y/}

	^{Alfred Alston HITCHON}^{b.1854 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1932 Fylde, Lancs}	^Mary ANON^{b.1812 Penrith, Cumbria d. Y/}

^{Robert HITCHON}^{b.1882 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1962 Aucklan, NEW ZEALAND}

	^{Elizabeth BLEZARD}^{b.1854 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1890 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}





^{Sarah Ann IRWIN}^{b.1884 Chorlton, Lancs d.1962 Aucklan, NEW ZEALAND}