George ASHDOWN, b: 1910 -

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{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}




^{George ASHDOWN}^{b.1910 d.1981 Kendal, Cumbria}



		^{Alfred HITCHON}^{b.1848 Trap Cottage, Lancs d.1944 Withycombe Ralei, Devon}

	^{Edwin HITCHON}^{b.1874 Barrowford, Lancs d.1966 Monmouth, WALES}	^Mary LORD^{b.1849 Sawley, Clitheroe, Lancs d.1917 Wilpshire, Lancs}

^{Mona HITCHON}^{b.1909 Oswaldtwistle, Lancs d.2007 Kendal, Cumbria}		^{Thomas BROUGHTON}^{b.1845 Accrington, Lancs d. Y/}

	^{Susan Ann BROUGHTON}^{b.1871 Accrington, Lancs d.1949 Kendal, Cumbria}	^{Sarah J ANON}^{b.1845 Accrington, Lancs d. Y/}