John Knapton, b: 1814 - Leeds, Yorkshire

^{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}


		^{Thomas Knapton}^{b. d.}

	^{John Knapton}^{b.1814 Leeds, Yorkshire d.1884 Vickersdale, Yorkshire}

		^{Mary Marshall}^{b. d.}

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

		^John Wilson^{b. d.}

	^{Hannah Wilson}^{b.1821 Hunslet, Yorkshire d.1898 Bramley district}

		^Susanna ?^{b. d.}