1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage | 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal | 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins 1798 Irish revolt against English rule 1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed |
Henry Dandy Pocklington b.1789 d.1867 Skirbeck, Lincs. | ||||||||
George Dennis Pocklington b.1825 d.1884 | Elizabeth Nelsey b.1789 d.1858 | |||||||
John Nelsey Pocklington b.1852 Sherborne, Dorset d.1899 Cheadle, Cheshire | ||||||||
Eliza Valentine b.1828 Boston, Lincs. d.1873 Bracebridge, Lincs. | ||||||||
Helen b. d. | ||||||||