Sydney Pocklington, b: 1866

^{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}


			^{Thomas Pocklington}^{b.1796 Doncaster, Yorks d.1856 Newark, Notts.}

		^{Samuel Pocklington}^{b.1827 Newark, Notts. d.1891}	^Fanny Myers^{b.1801 Retford d.1855 Newark, Notts}

	^{Sydney Pocklington}^{b.1866 Newark, Notts. d.1895}		^George Shaw^{b. d.}

		^{Eliza Ellen Shaw}^{b.1832 Nottingham d.1888}

^{Samuel D. Pocklington}^{b.1892 Newark, Notts d.}



	^{Annie Collins Skeath}^{b. d.}