John Robert HITCHON, b: 1879

^{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}


			^{Ambrose HITCHON}^{b.1813 Whalley, Lancs d.1891 Burnley, Lancs}

		^{John HITCHON}^{b.1847 Read, Burnley, Lancs d.1922 Burnley, Lancs}	^{Agnes BAMBER}^{b.1817 Mearton or Marton d.1886 Burnley, Lancs}

^{John HITCHON}^{b.1899 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1980 Blackburn, Lancs}	^{John Robert HITCHON}^{b.1879 Hapton, Burnley, Lancs d.1949 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}

^{Edwin HITCHON}^{b.1901 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1976 Blackpool, Lancs}		^{Sarah Jane ROSEVERE}^{b.1856 Widnes, Lancs d.1910 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}

^Tom HITCHON^{b.1906 Burnley, Lancs d.1908 Burnley, Lancs}

^{Agnes HITCHON}^{b.1908 Burnley, Lancs d. Y/}

	^{Caroline WHITTAKER}^{b.1880 d. Y/}