Richard James, b: 1863 - Preston Vale,

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}

^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}
^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}


			^John James^{b.1804 Penkridge d.1866 Levedale aged 60}

		^Henry James^{b.1835 Little Heath d.1911 Penkridge age 76}	^{Anne Sharratt}^{b.1808 Stafford d.1878 Levedale}

	^{Richard James}^{b.1863 Preston Vale d.1953 age 90}		^{Thomas Windows}^{b.1807 d.1874 Orherton Lock House age}

^{Richard John James}^{b.1890 Preston Vale d.1962 age 71}		^{Jane Windows}^{b.1838 Penkridge d.1916 Penkridge age 78}	^{Mary Lockley}^{b.1806 d.1862 Otherton Lock aged 56}

^{Ada Elizabeth James}^{b.1893 Penkridge d.1970 age 77}

		^{John Merricks}^{b.1840 Huntington, Stafford d.}

	^{Harriet Elizabeth Merricks}^{b.1869 Wolverhampton d.1943 age 74}		^{Joseph Plant}^{b.1813 Gnosall, Stafford d.}

		^{Harriet Plant}^{b.1847 Penkridge, Stafford d.}	^Jane Owen^{b.1817 Bradley by Stafford d.}