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1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
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
 Henry Bahn
 b.1821 Pennsylvania
 d.1912 Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
 Lovina Bahn
 b.1848
 d.1914
 Anna J Bahn
 b.1854
 d.1943 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Lydia Bahn
 b.         
 d.         
 Michael Bortner
 b.1780 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1870 Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
 Lydia Bortner
 b.1825 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1857 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Johann Martin Markle
 b.1766 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 d.1838 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 Catherine Markle
 b.1798 Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
 d.1838 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Susannah Ruhl
 b.1769 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 d.1850 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania




1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
 Han Jacob Ruhl 
 b.1679 Mähringen, Germany
 d.1745 Mähringen, Germany
 Johan Peter Ruhl
 b.1694 Lambsheim, Germany
 d.1747 Germantow, Pennsylvania
 Agnes Greiner
 b.1681 Eningen, Germany
 d.1748 Mähringen, Germany
 Frederick B Ruhl
 b.1737 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1810 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 Johann Joseph Jost Klapp
 b.1669 Istha, Germany
 d.1731 Berks Co., Pennsylvania
 Catharine Ruhl
 b.1759 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 d.1810
 Anna Catharina Klapp
 b.1698 Schnait, Wurttemberg
 d.1748 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Anna Margaretha Stauder
 b.1677 Weisenheim am , Germany
 d.1780 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania
 Heinrich B "Henry" Ruhl
 b.1763 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 d.1830 Sandusky Township, Ohio
 John Ruhl
 b.1765 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 d.1838 Sandusky, Richland, Ohio
 Maria Elizabeth Bahn
 b.1738 Hellam Tow, Pennsylvania
 d.1769 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania




1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
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
 Jacob Bortner
 b.1793 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1857 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Charles Garver Bortner
 b.1828 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1915 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Catharine Gerbrick
 b.1793 Springfield , Pennsylvania
 d.1880 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 Arthur Milton Bortner
 b.1854
 d.1928
 Lydia Lau
 b.1827 Chanceford, Pennsylvania
 d.1892 Chanceford, Pennsylvania
 Edna M Bortner
 b.         
 d.         
 Sarah Jane Bahn
 b.1858
 d.1911




1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
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
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
 William Henry Bahn
 b.1862 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1944 Los Angeles C, California
 Edith M Bahn
 b.1887 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1959 Los Angeles C, California
 Allen Newman Bahn
 b.1889 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1976 Alhambra, California
 John Newman
 b.         
 d.         
 Raymond Bahn
 b.1900 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1966 Temple City, California
 John B Newman
 b.1836 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
 d.         
 Elizabeth Bortner
 b.1811 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1843
 Juliann Ellen Newman
 b.1864 North Codo, Pennsylvania
 d.1956 Alhambra, California
 Amanda Brenneman
 b.1837 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.         




1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1973 US launches Skylab space station
1981 Columbia is first space shuttle
1991 Persian Gulf War
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
 Christian Joseph Bahnsen
 b.         
 d.1988
 Harold Anderson Shaw
 b.1900 Polo, Ogle County, Illinois
 d.1959 Clinton, Iowa
 Frances Arlene Shaw
 b.1926 Polo, Ogle County, Illinois
 d.2003 Fulton, Illinois
 Franklin Henry Lockett
 b.1878 Milledgeville, Illinois
 d.1970 Newport, Maine
 Hazel Maud Lockett
 b.1902 Milledgeville, Illinois
 d.1993 Clinton, Iowa
 Rosa Maud Smith
 b.1881 Whiteside Co., Illinois
 d.1942 Moline, Illinois