Robert Leonard Fursdon, b: 1894

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


		^{Robert Fursdon}^{b.1830 Poughill, Devon, England d.1913 Axbridge, England}

	^{Robert Willingale Fursdon}^{b.1862 Torquay, Devon, England d.1951 Timaru, New Zealand}	^{Mary Elizabeth Willingale}^{b.1831 Upton - Torqua, England d.1904 Axbridge, England}

^{Robert Leonard Fursdon}^{b.1894 Ely, England d.1989 Timaru, New Zealand}

	^{Elizabeth Rebecca Rust}^{b.1863 Barking, Essex, England d.}





^Alice Ivory^{b.1899 Hemsworth, England d.1942 Wellington, New Zealand}