William Alfred Walter Read, b: 1906 -

^{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}


			^{Richard Read}^{b.1836 Eng. d.1898 Eng.}

		^{Alexander Francis Read}^{b.1865 d.1913}	^{Mary Henderson}^{b.1836 Eng. d.1918}

	^{William Alfred Walter Read}^b.1906 d.

		^{Sophia Broderson}^{b.1869 d.1949}

^A. Read^{b. d.}



	^{Rachel C King}^{b. d.}