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 CHRISTIE b.1853 Scotland d.1902 West Ham, London | ||||||||
John LESLIE b.1799 Garthbanks, Scotland d.1851 | ||||||||
James LESLIE b.1829 Garthbanks, Scotland d.1898 Liverpool, England | Mary SINCLAIR b.1795 Dunrossness, Scotland d.1887 Brake of Hillwell, Scotland | |||||||
Elizabeth Ann Sinclair LESLIE b.1863 d.1948 Essex, England | Arthur STOUT b.1805 Berlin, Shetland d.1851 | |||||||
Elizabeth STOUT b.1835 Lud, Shetland d.1903 Liverpool, England | Margaret INKSTER b.1808 Dunrossness, Scotland d.1891 | |||||||