Vera K Matthews, b: 1920 - Crediton , England

^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}

^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}

^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}








		^{William Matthews}^{b.1868 Coldridge, England d.}

	^{William E Matthews}^{b.1900 Sandford, Devon, England d.}	^{Mary Jane Conabear}^{b.1872 Shobrooke, England d.}

^{Vera K Matthews}^{b.1920 Crediton , Devon, England d.2006}

	^{Hilda M Leach}^{b.1893 Sandford, Devon, England d.}