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 |
George HITCHON b.1818 d. Y/ | ||||||||
James HITCHON b.1844 Hey Head, Lancs d.1924 Burnley, Lancs | | |||||||
Thomas HITCHON b.1886 Burnley, Lancs d.1980 Grange-over-San, Lancs | ||||||||
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John HITCHON b.1925 Kendal, Westm d.2002 Lutterworth, Leics. | 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 | |||||||
Dorothy HITCHON b.1897 Accrington, Lancs d.1991 Leicester, Leics | 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/ | |||||||