S Parkes, b: -

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{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}




^R Griffiths^{b. d.}





	^{Matthew Swain Parkes}^{b.1905 Barnet d.1990}

^S Parkes^{b. d.}		^{James Holmes}^{b.1856 Islington d.1937 New Barnet}

	^{Phyllis Edith Holmes}^{b.1907 New Barnet d.1979}	^{Hannah Taylor}^{b.1865 27, Clift Street, Hoxton d.1956}