Robert SMERDON, b: 1867 - Skewen, Wales

^{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}

^{Robert SMERDON}^{b.1867 Skewen, Wales d.1930}		^{Joseph JONES}^{b.1796 Glamorgan, Wales d.}

	^{Mary Ann JONES}^{b.1831 Swansea, Wales d.1901}	^{Elizabeth JONES}^{b.1791 Glamorgan, Wales d.}





^{Mary CRESWELL}^{b.1870 Ferndale, Wales d.1891}