|  | 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 | 
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|  |  |  | Francis Cowell SMERDON b.1827 Wolborough, England d.1871 Skewen, Wales |  | Mary COWELL b.1795 Newton Abbot, England d.1851 | |||
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|  | 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. | ||
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|  | 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. | ||
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|  | David Francis SMERDON b.1882 Ferndale, Wales d.1916 World Wa, Central France |  |  | |||||
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|  | Lilian SMERDON b.1886 Ferndale, Wales d.1939 |  |  | David William THOMAS b. d. | ||||
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|  | Mabel SMERDON b.1896 Ferndale, Wales d. |  | Mary Ann THOMAS b.1863 Tredegar, Wales d.1950 Thomas Street, Wales | |||||
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