Ernest HITCHON, b: 1863 - 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/}

	^{John HITCHON}^{b.1832 Great Harwood, Lancs d.1907 Whalley, Lancs}	^{Elizabeth MOOR}^{b.1812 d.1845 Whalley, Lancs}

^{Ernest HITCHON}^{b.1863 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1928 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}

	^Alice ANON^{b.1833 d.1865 Whalley, Lancs}





^{Ann WILKINSON}^{b. d.1953 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}