John Blaen, b: 1831

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}

^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}
^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}


^John Blaen^{b.1864 Liverpool, England d.}

^{George McMichael Blaen}^{b.1865 Liverpool, England d.}		^John Blaen^{b.1801 Creetown, Scotland d.1860}

^{Jane Murray Blaen}^{b.1866 Liverpool, England d.}	^John Blaen^{b.1831, Scotland d.}

^{William Blaen}^{b.1870 Mold, Flint, Wales d.}		^Jean Murray^{b.1802 Minigaff, Scotland d.1890 Creetown, Scotland}

^James Blaen^{b.1875 Mold, Flint, Wales d.}

^{Elizabeth Blaen}^{b.1876 Mold, Flint, Wales d.}

^{Martha Blaen}^{b.1877 Mold, Flint, Wales d.}	^{Elizabeth McMichael}^{b.1837, Scotland d.}

^{Hugh Morton Blaen}^{b.1880 Rowley Regis, England d.}