William Townsend, b: 1834 -

^{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}


			^{William Townsend}^b.1834 d.

		^{William Townsend}^{b.1854 d.1942}	^{Ann Brittain}^{b. d.}

	^{Thomas Ernest Townsend}^{b.1900 d.1959}

		^{Sarah Holtom}^{b.1865 d.1939}

^{Peter Ernest Townsend}^{b. Private d.}

	^{Susie Van Oberdyk}^{b.1906 d.1988}