| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  John SMERDON b.1798 Ipplepen, Devon, England d.1840 Devon, England  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Francis Cowell SMERDON b.1827 Wolborough, England d.1871 Skewen, Wales  |  Mary COWELL b.1795 Newton Abbot, England d.1851  | |||||
|  Thomas John SMERDON b.1886 Ferndale, wales d.1965  |  Charles Henry SMERDON b.1863 Skewen, Wales d.1951 Gelligaer, Wales  | ![]()  |  Joseph JONES b.1796 Glamorgan, Wales d.  | |||||
|  Elvira SMERDON b.1890 Ferndale, Wales d.1949 Wales  | ![]()  |  Mary Ann JONES b.1831 Swansea, Wales d.1901  |  Elizabeth JONES b.1791 Glamorgan, Wales d.  | |||||
|  David Francis SMERDON b.1882 Ferndale, Wales d.1916 World Wa, Central France  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Lilian SMERDON b.1886 Ferndale, Wales d.1939  | ![]()  |  David William THOMAS b. d.  | ||||||
|  Mabel SMERDON b.1896 Ferndale, Wales d.  |  Mary Ann THOMAS b.1863 Tredegar, Wales d.1950 Thomas Street, Wales  | |||||||
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