John James Swift, b: 1860 -

^{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}


		^James Swift^{b.1821 Wigan d.}

	^{John James Swift}^{b.1860 d.1908}

^{Herbert Swift}^{b.1885 35 James Str, Western Bolton d.1918 Belgium}

	^{Mary Ann Duffy}^{b.1859 Ireland d.}