| 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states  | 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy  | 1798 Irish revolt against English rule  1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  John Spouge b.1796 Allington, Lincs. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  John Spouge b.1829 Allington, Lincs. d.1886  |  Rebecca Musson b.1795 d.1865  | |||||
|  Mary Lizzie Spouge b.1898 Long Bennington, Notts. d.1945  |  Henry Spouge b.1871 Allington, Lincs. d.1949  | ![]()  |  William Derry b.1821 d.  | |||||
|  Thomas Henry Spouge b.1899 d.  | ![]()  |  Mary Derry b.1841 Allington, Lincs. d.  |  Eliza b.1821 d.  | |||||
|  Annie (Nancy) Spouge b.1901 d.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Edward Blackburn b.1806 d.1858  | |||||
|  John Spouge b.1908 d.  | ![]()  |  Thomas Blackburn b.1836 d.1916  |  Esther Squires b.1810 d.  | |||||
|  Ada N. Spouge b.1915 d. Holme, Nottinghamshire.  |  Hannah Blackburn b.1877 d.1954  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth b.1837 d.  | ||||||
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