1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl | 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II | 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins |
Frederick Purvis b. Hull, Yorks. d. | ||||||||
Robert Ernest Purvis b.1879 Hull, Yorks. d. | Henrietta b. Hull, Yorks. d. | |||||||
Harold Purvis b.1912 Sculcoates, Hull, Yorks. d. | Francis Lee b.1853 Scotland d.1891 | |||||||
M.H. Purvis b. d. | Alice Lee b.1875 Whitgift, Goole, Yorks. d. | Mary Ann Lawrence b.1857 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1891 | ||||||
M.E. Purvis b. d. | ||||||||
K. Purvis b. d. | Daniel Currie b. d. | |||||||
Ellen Sloan Currie b.1906 Ballymacvea, Ireland. d.1985 Whiteabbey, Ireland. | ||||||||
Margaret Sloan b. d. | ||||||||