| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  |  James Denton b.1826 d.1850  | ||||||
![]()  |  James George Roast b.1850 South Weld, Ess. d.1872 Ess.  | ![]()  |  John Roast b.1795 High Ongar, Ess. d.1883 South Weald, Ess.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth Roast\Rost b.1826 South Weald, Ess. d.1850  |  Mary Ann Surridge b.1797 Thaxted, Ess. d.  | |||||
|  Charles Henry Roast b.1886 Crescent Rd, Ess. d.1967 9 St.Peters Rd, Ess.  | ![]()  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Henry George Phillips b. d.  | ||||||
![]()  |  Harriet Phillips Rainbird b.1848 Billericay, Ess. d.1907 2 Rose Villa, Ess.  | ![]()  |  Daniel Rainbird b.1795 Kelvedon Hatch, Ess. d.1869 South Weald, Ess.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Mary Rainbird b.1819 South Weald, Ess. d.1848  |  Mary Davis b.1788 d.1873 South Weald, Ess.  | |||||
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