| 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins  | 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage  | 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal  | 
![]()  |  Henry J ISAAC b.1900 Torrington, England d.1959 Tiverton, Devon, England  | ||||||||
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![]()  | ![]()  |  William THORNE b.1816 Kentisbury, England d.  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  William John THORNE b.1871 Limpet Lane, Devon d.1939  |  Maria HODGE b.1829 Devon, England d.  | ||||||
![]()  |  Lilian Alice THORNE b.1902 Parracombe, England d.1966 Devon, England  | ![]()  |  Samuel HUBBER b.1851 Tedburn St Mary, England d.1924 Westdown, England  | ||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Charlotte HUBBER b.1876 Tedburn St Mary, England d.1959 Ilfracombe And District T  |  Betsy KIFF b.1856 Braunton, Devon, England d.1930 64 Chambercom, England  | ||||||
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