| 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II  | 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  | 
![]()  |  Francis Lee b.1853 Scotland d.1891  | |||||||
|  Alice Lee b.1875 Whitgift, Goole, Yorks. d.  | ||||||||
|  Emma Lee b.1878 Whitgift, Goole, Yorks. d.1882 Goole, Yorks.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  William Laurence b.1802 Snaith, Yorks d.1839 Rawcliffe, Yorks  | |||||
|  Joseph Lee b.1880 Whitgift, Goole, Yorks. d.1914  | ![]()  |  Joseph Lawrence b.1833 Rawcliffe, Yorks d.1895 Whitgift, Yorks  |  Mary Pocklington b.1801 Doncaster, Yorks d.1858 Rawcliffe, Yorks  | |||||
![]()  |  Mary Ann Lawrence b.1857 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1891  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Frances Coulson b.1833 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1919 Goole, Yorks  | ||||||
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