|  | 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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|  | Janet McGOWAN b.1826 Kirkcudbright, Scotland d.1869 1 Wren Street, Liverpool |  | Robert McGOWAN b.1795 Kirkcudbright, Scotland d.1841 Kirkcudbright, Scotland | |||||
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|  | Agnes Rain McGOWAN b.1832 Kirkcudbright, Scotland d.1908 1 Wren Street, Liverpool |  | ||||||
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|  | Maxwell McGOWAN b.1830 d.1882 Newington, Scotland |  |  | John RAIN b. d. | ||||
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|  | Hugh McGOWAN b.1826 Kirkcudbright, Scotland d. |  | Margaret RAIN b.1803 Irongrey, Scotland d. | |||||
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