|  | 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 | 1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins | 
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|  |  | Charles Henry SMERDON b.1863 Skewen, Wales d.1951 Gelligaer, Wales |  |  |  |  | Robert SMERDON b.1766 Widecombe In T, England d.1848 Newton Abbot, England |  | |
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|  |  | Elizabeth Francis SMERDON b.1856 Skewen, Wales d.1865 |  |  | John SMERDON b.1798 Ipplepen, Devon, England d.1840 Devon, England |  | Elizabeth NECK b.1770 Devon, England d.1838 Ipplepen, Devon, England | ||
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|  |  | Harriet SMERDON b.1858 Skewen, Wales d. |  | Francis Cowell SMERDON b.1827 Wolborough, England d.1871 Skewen, Wales | |||||
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|  |  | Maria SMERDON b.1865 Skewen, Wales d.1948 Swansea, Wales |  |  | Mary COWELL b.1795 Newton Abbot, England d.1851 | ||||
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|  |  | Robert SMERDON b.1867 Skewen, Wales d.1930 |  |  | |||||
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|  |  | Rosa Cathrine SMERDON b.1869 Skewen, Wales d.1888 |  |  | Joseph JONES b.1796 Glamorgan, Wales d. | ||||
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|  |  | Mary Ann SMERDON b.1854 Skewen, Wales d. |  | Mary Ann JONES b.1831 Swansea, Wales d.1901 | |||||
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|  |  | Frances Ann SMERDON b.1860 Neath, Port Talbot, Wales d.1865 |  |  | Elizabeth JONES b.1791 Glamorgan, Wales d. | ||||
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|  |  | John SMERDON b.1850 Neath Abbey, Glamorgan d.1853 Glamorgan, Wales |  |  | |||||
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|  |  | John SMERDON b.1857 Skewen, Wales d.1858 |  | ||||||
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|  |  | Thomas SMERDON b.1852 Neath Abbey, Glamorgan d. |  | ||||||