John Marshall Knapton, b: 1845 - Angel Yards, Yorkshire

^{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}


	^W G Lester^{b. Private d.}

^S J Lester^{b. Private d.}			^{John Marshall Knapton}^{b.1845 Angel Yards, Yorkshire d.1914 Cavendish Squar, Beckbottom}

		^{Harry Knapton}^{b.1884 Farsley, Yorkshire d.1953 229 Lichfield Road, Aston}	^Emma Ross^{b.1848 Farsley, Yorkshire d.1903 ?}

	^{S M Knapton}^{b. Private d.}

		^{Beatrice Maud Hawley}^{b.1880 ? d.}