Emma Nitzsche, b: 1892 - Fulda, Minnesota

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}



				^{Joseph H. Birky}^{b.1850 Livingstone Co., Illinois d.1927 Beemer, Nebraska}

			^Jake Birky^{b.1889 Oberlin, Kansas d.1985 West Point, Nebraska}

				^{Catherine Zimmer}^{b.1855 Zurich, Ontario, Canada d.1941 Bancroft, Nebraska}



				^{Julius Nitzsche}^{b.1862 Cook Co., Illinois d.1930 Wisner, Nebraska}

			^{Emma Nitzsche}^{b.1892 Fulda, Minnesota d.1954 Corry Pennsylvania hospi}

				^{Barbara Oswald}^{b.1874 New Orleans, Louisiana d.1947 West Point, Nebraska}