George HITCHON, b: 1818 -

^{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}



		^{Hitchon HITCHON}^{b.1800 Holme in Cliviger, Lancs d. Y/}

	^{George HITCHON}^{b.1818 d. Y/}

^Ann HITCHON^{b.1841 Haslingden, Lancs d. Y/}

^{James HITCHON}^{b.1844 Hey Head, Lancs d.1924 Burnley, Lancs}

^{Mary HITCHON}^{b.1847 Haslingden, Lancs d. Y/}