Complex sentence: His son Arthur S. Briggs was born in 1865 at Rose Cottage, Marion, Massachusetts, the following year, the family travelled to Marseilles, France, and returned in time for their daughter, to be born on 31st October 1870 at Rose Cottage.
Split into simpler sentences: His son Arthur S Briggs was born in 1865 at Rose Cottage, Marion, Massachusetts. The next year, the family travelled to Marseilles, France, and returned in time for their daughter, to be born on 31 October 1870 at Rose Cottage.