1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins | 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage | 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal |
William George HANDSCOMBE b.1902 d.1969 | ||||||||
William HANDSCOMBE b. d. | ||||||||
Donald HANDSCOMBE b. d. | William HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1815 Claughton, Lancs d.1880 Victoria, AUSTRALIA | |||||||
Fay HANDSCOMBE b. d. | John Procte HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1865 Taradale, AUSTRALIA d.1944 | Eliza WRIGHT b.1831 Hull, Yorks d. Y/ | ||||||
Mary HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1910 Quairading, AUSTRALIA d. | ||||||||
Mary Alice Jane EDWARDS b. AUSTRALIA d.1932 Quairading, AUSTRALIA | ||||||||