| 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 Venner b.1818 d.  | ||||||
![]()  |  John Allen Venner b.1856 Boreham Street, Sussex. d.1905 Etchingham, Sussex.  | |||||||
|  William Thomas Venner b.1880 Hurst Green, Sussex. d.  | ![]()  |  Ruth Allen b.1820 Bodiam, Sussex. d.1858 Hailsham, Sussex.  | ||||||
|  Elizabeth Ruth Venner b.1882 Hurst Green, Sussex. d.1945 Brasted, Kent.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Henry Hopperton b.1801 Goudhurst, Kent, Eng d.  | |||||
|  Richard Herbert Venner b.1884 Hurst Green, Sussex. d.1885 Hurst Green, Sussex.  | ![]()  |  William Hopperton b.1835 Biddenden, Kent, Eng d.1884 Ticehurst, Sussex, Eng  |  Sarah b.1803 Kent, Eng d.1875 Salehurst, Sussex, Eng  | |||||
![]()  |  Ada Hopperton b.1860 Dane Gate, Sussex. d.1885 Hurst Green, Sussex.  | ![]()  |  John Rawlins b. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth Rawlins b.1840 Rotherfield, Sussex, Eng d.1862 Rotherfield, Sussex, Eng  |  Ansty Piddelsden b.1796 Rotherfield, Sussex. d.  | |||||
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