William E Matthews, b: 1900 - Sandford, England

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{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}


			^{Joseph Matthews}^{b.1847 Zeal Monachoru, England d.}

		^{William Matthews}^{b.1868 Coldridge, England d.}	^{Marianne Matilda Dart}^{b.1849 Coldridge, England d.}

	^{William E Matthews}^{b.1900 Sandford, Devon, England d.}		^{George Conabeer}^{b.1848 Shobrooke, England d.}

		^{Mary Jane Conabear}^{b.1872 Shobrooke, England d.}	^Grace Gill^{b.1850 East Anstey, England d.}

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



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