| 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  | 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins 1798 Irish revolt against English rule  | 
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|  Kate Parker b.1869 Chatteris, Cambs. d.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  William Pocklington b.1772 BOSTON.LIN. d.1842 BOSTON.LIN.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  William Johnson Pocklington b.1818 Boston, Lin d.1874 BOSTON.LIN.  |  Mary Nixon b.1781 LIN. d.1826 BOSTON.LIN.  | |||||
![]()  |  Susanna Pocklington b.1842 FRISKNEY.LIN. d.  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Matilda Grunnell b.1816 SPALDING. LIN. d.1881 BOSTON.LIN.  | ||||||
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