| 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins  | 1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne  | 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins 1798 Irish revolt against English rule  | 
![]()  | ![]()  |  Nathaniel Preston b.1813 Swainstown, Ireland. d.1853  | ||||||
![]()  |  Nathaniel Francis Preston b.1843 d.1903  | ![]()  |  Samuel Pratt Winter b.1779 Agher, Ireland. d.1830  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Margaret Winter b.1817 d.1845  |  Frances Rosetta Bomford b.1792 Rahinstown, Ireland. d.1830  | |||||
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![]()  |  Augusta F. Caulfield b. Bloomfield, Ireland. d.1911  | |||||||
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