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1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 Ludwig Bortner
 b.1762 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1815 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Jacob Bortner
 b.1793 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1857 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Elizabeth Margaretha Gantz
 b.1753 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1820 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Levi G Bortner
 b.1836 Chanceford, Pennsylvania
 d.1925 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Catharine Gerbrick
 b.1793 Springfield , Pennsylvania
 d.1880 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Ellen B Smith
 b.1856
 d.1897




1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 Ludwig Bortner
 b.1762 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1815 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Jacob Bortner
 b.1793 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1857 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Elizabeth Margaretha Gantz
 b.1753 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1820 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Lewis G Bortner
 b.1818 Chanceford, Pennsylvania
 d.1895 Northumber, Pennsylvania
 Catharine Gerbrick
 b.1793 Springfield , Pennsylvania
 d.1880 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 John Krebs
 b.1790 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1872 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Elizabeth Catharine Krebs
 b.1828 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1905
 Ludwig Bortner
 b.1762 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1815 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Magdalena Bortner
 b.1791 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1873
 Elizabeth Margaretha Gantz
 b.1753 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1820 York Co., Pennsylvania




1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 Ludwig Bortner
 b.1762 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1815 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Johannus Bortner
 b.1797 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1854
 Elizabeth Margaretha Gantz
 b.1753 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1820 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Lewis S Bortner
 b.1834
 d.1915
 Catherine Strickhauser
 b.1798
 d.1869
 Sananda Miller
 b.1841
 d.1910




1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 George W Steffey
 b.1822 Chanceford, Pennsylvania
 d.1900 Morrow Co., Ohio
 Ludwig Bortner
 b.1762 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1815 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Jacob Bortner
 b.1793 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1857 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Elizabeth Margaretha Gantz
 b.1753 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1820 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Lucy Ann Bortner
 b.1825 Chanceford, Pennsylvania
 d.1892 Shauck, Morrow, Ohio
 Catharine Gerbrick
 b.1793 Springfield , Pennsylvania
 d.1880 Codorus T, Pennsylvania




1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 Barbara Bortner
 b.1784 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1868 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Ludwig Bortner
 b.1762 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1815 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Elizabeth Bortner
 b.1786 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1864 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Friedrich Bortner
 b.1788 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.         
 Johann Friedrich Ganssen
 b.         
 d.         
 Jacob Bortner
 b.1793 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1857 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Frantz Heinrich Gantz
 b.1723 Germany
 d.1809 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
 Johannus Bortner
 b.1797 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1854
 Elizabeth Margaretha Gantz
 b.1753 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1820 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Johan Peter Ruhl
 b.1694 Lambsheim, Germany
 d.1747 Germantow, Pennsylvania
 Magdalena Bortner
 b.1791 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1873
 Anna Margaretha Ruhl
 b.1736 Germantow, Pennsylvania
 d.1790 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Anna Catharina Klapp
 b.1698 Schnait, Wurttemberg
 d.1748 Codorus T, Pennsylvania