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1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
 John Bicknell
 b.1785 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.1846 Crediton , Devon, England
 Thomas Button Bicknell
 b.1831 Crediton , Devon, England
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 Elizabeth Beck
 b.1788 Tiverton, Devon, England
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 William Claude Bicknell
 b.1873 Staines, England
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 William Beedell
 b.1788 Cheriton Fitzpain, England
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 Emma Beedell
 b.1832 Crediton , Devon, England
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 Harriet Finch
 b.1798 Upton Pyne, England
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 Phyllis Bicknell
 b.1905 Staines, England
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 Robert Parker
 b.1857 Horton, England
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 May Alice Parker
 b.1882
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 Sarah Mapson
 b.1863 Abingdon, England
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