William HITCHON, b: 1881

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


			^{Reuben LONGSTAFF}^{b.1829 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d. Y/}

		^{John Longstaff HITCHON}^{b.1849 Simonstone, Lancs d.1935 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}	^{Margaret HITCHON}^{b.1827 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1907 Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs}

	^{William HITCHON}^{b.1881 Bolton, Lancs d.1961 Simonstone, Lancs}

		^{Maria THORNLEY}^{b.1858 d.1948 Burnley, Lancs}

^{Margaret HITCHON}^b.1915 d.



	^{Margaret MCFARLANE}^{b.1887 d.1970 Burnley, Lancs}