Alexander Francis Read, b: 1865 -

^{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}


^{Francis Emilius Read}^b.1887 d.

^{Alice Mertle Irene Read}^{b.1889 d.1899}		^{Richard Read}^{b.1836 Eng. d.1898 Eng.}

^{Violet Elsie May Read}^b.1890 d.	^{Alexander Francis Read}^{b.1865 d.1913}

^{Richard Victor Read}^b.1894 d.		^{Mary Henderson}^{b.1836 Eng. d.1918}

^{Arthur Harold George Read}^b.1895 d.

^{Ivy Muriel Sophie Read}^{b.1897 Newtown, NSW, Aus d.1992 Rockdale, NSW, Aus}

^{Mary Louisa Grace Read}^b.1899 d.	^{Sophia Broderson}^{b.1869 d.1949}

^{Doris Lillian Read}^b.1901 d.

^{Ada Madeline Read}^b.1904 d.

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

^{Gladys Hilda Mae Read}^b.1908 d.

^{George R. S. Read}^{b.1910 d.1984}

^{Ernest Keith Read}^b.1913 d.