Sydney Robert Cross, b: 1880 - Wiveliscombe, England

^{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}


			^James Cross^{b.1791 Wiveliscombe, England d.}

		^{Robert King Cross}^{b.1833 Wiveliscombe, England d.1901}	^Mary King^{b.1795 Wiveliscombe, England d.}

	^{Sydney Robert Cross}^{b.1880 Wiveliscombe, England d.}

		^{Bessie E Pearse}^{b.1847 Axminster, England d.}

^{Robert Charles Phillips Cross}^{b.1920 Preston, England d.2003, Canada}

		^{Octavius Ralling}^{b.1859 Colchester, England d.}

	^{Emmeline Charlton Ralling}^{b.1889 Exeter, Devon, England d.}

		^{Ellen Emelia Brown}^{b.1865 Exeter, Devon, England d.}