Benjamin Higgins, b: 1848 - Kidsgrove, Staffordshire

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}

^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}


		^{Benjamin Higgins}^{b.1820 Brierly Hill, Staffordshire d.}

	^{Benjamin Higgins}^{b.1848 Kidsgrove, Staffordshire d.}

		^Sarah \\^{b.1821 West Bromwich, Staffordshire d.}

^{Margaret Sarah Higgins}^{b.1878 Dover, Kent d.1969 Bathford, Somerset}

		^{William Walton}^{b.1816 South Wraxhall, Wiltshire d.1902 Bathford, Somerset}

	^{Margaret Jane Walton}^{b.1856 Bathford, Somerset d.}

		^{Mary Ann \\}^{b.1820 Bathford, Somerset d.1900 Bathford, Somerset}