Our Family

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}




			^{William Littleton Maze}^{b.1856 Holton, KS d.1915 Florence, CO}





				^{Jakob Esselborn}^{b.1820 Sobernheim, Germany d.1871 Wiesbaden, Germany}

			^{Dorothea Esselborn}^{b.1859 Wiesbaden, Germany d.1931 Portland, Multnomah, OR}

				^{Joanna Dorthea Thelka Lang}^{b.1823 Sobernheim, Germany d.1863 Wiesbaden, Germany}