Edwin HITCHON, b: 1901 - Padiham, Lancs

^{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}


			^{John HITCHON}^{b.1847 Read, Burnley, Lancs d.1922 Burnley, Lancs}

		^{John Robert HITCHON}^{b.1879 Hapton, Burnley, Lancs d.1949 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}	^{Sarah Jane ROSEVERE}^{b.1856 Widnes, Lancs d.1910 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}

	^{Edwin HITCHON}^{b.1901 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1976 Blackpool, Lancs}

^{George Arthur HITCHON}^{b.1923 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1943 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}		^{Caroline WHITTAKER}^{b.1880 d. Y/}

^{John HITCHON}^{b.1927 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1996 Burnley, Lancs}



	^{Lillian Mary WALKER}^{b.1897 Islington, London d.1967 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}