Mathew Nixon, b: 1842 - Glasson Dock, Lancs

^{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}


		^{Mathew Nixon}^{b.1842 Glasson Dock, Lancs d.1908}

	^{Teresa Nixon}^{b.1887 31 Mount Stree, Little Bolton d.}

		^{Mary Ann Buckley}^{b.1842 Blackburn, Lancs d.}