John Dean HITCHON, b: 1911

^{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}


			^{Amos HITCHON}^{b.1851 Whalley, Lancs d.1932 Blackpool, Lancs}

		^{James HITCHON}^{b.1880 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1944 Rufford, Ormskirk, Lancs}	^{Nancy SANDIFORD}^{b.1859 Compstall, Cheshire d.1896 Barrowford, Lancs}

	^{John Dean HITCHON}^{b.1911 Nelson, Lancs d.1939 Whitchurch, Salop}

		^{Mary Emma DEAN}^{b.1873 Colne, Lancs d.1952 Nelson, Lancs}

^{Sheila HITCHON}^{b.1936 Birmingham, Warwks d. Y/}



	^Alice SMITH^{b.1912 Stalmine, Lancs d.1999}