| 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  | 1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins  | 
![]()  | ![]()  |  William Laurence b.1802 Snaith, Yorks d.1839 Rawcliffe, Yorks  | ||||||
|  Mary Ann Lawrence b.1857 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1891  |  Joseph Lawrence b.1833 Rawcliffe, Yorks d.1895 Whitgift, Yorks  | ![]()  |  John Pocklington b.1760 d.1824  | |||||
|  George William Lawrence b.1858 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1939  | ![]()  |  Mary Pocklington b.1801 Doncaster, Yorks d.1858 Rawcliffe, Yorks  |  Elizabeth Oates b. d.1829  | |||||
|  Emma Lawrence b.1860 Whitgift, Yorks d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Alice Lawrence b.1863 Whitgift, Yorks d.1949 London  | ||||||||
|  Joseph Lawrence b.1867 d.1961  |  Frances Coulson b.1833 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1919 Goole, Yorks  | |||||||
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