James W Vidgen, b: 1852 - St Alphage Canterbury Kent,

^{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 - 1919 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}



		^{Edward Vidgeon}^{b.1823 Wye Kent d.}

^{William Vidgen}^{b.1878 Chartham Kent d.}	^{James W Vidgen}^{b.1852 St Alphage Canterbury Ke d.1934}

^{Ethel Clara Vidgen}^{b.1881 Chartham Kent d.1965 Canterbury}		^Charlotte^{b.1828 Selling Kent d.}

^{Arthur Edward Vidgen}^{b.1887 Chartham Kent d.}

^{Edith Vidgen}^{b.1889 Chartham Kent d.}

	^Emily Hoare^{b.1853 Chartham Kent d.1901}