John Wesley Stokes, b: 1883 -

^{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}


			^John Stokes^{b.1818 England d.}

		^John Stokes^{b.1855 d.1940}	^{Jane Rowland}^{b.1831 Peninsula d.1919}

^{Arthur Stokes}^{b. d.}	^{John Wesley Stokes}^{b.1883 d.1963}		^John Rhodes^{b. d.}

^Gwen Stokes^{b. d.}		^{Martha Matilda Rhodes}^{b.1858 d.1942}	^Jane^{b. d.}

^{Wantha Stokes}^{b. d.}

^Jean Stokes^{b. d.}		^{Michael O'brien}^{b. d.}

	^{Louise O'brien}^{b.1879 d.1966}

		^Mary^{b. d.}