Lewis Albert Birky, b: 1885 - Hopedale, Illinois

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}

^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}



	^{Christian H Birky}^{b.1847 Tremont, Illinois d.1920 Hopedale, Illinois}

^{Lewis Albert Birky}^{b.1885 Hopedale, Illinois d.1957 Hopedale, Illinois}		^{Joseph Wittrig}^{b.1811 France d.1902 Hopedale, Illinois}

	^{Barbara Wittrig}^{b.1854 Ontario, Canada d.1939 Bloomindale, Illinois}	^Anna Gascho^{b.1824 Bavaria, Germany d.1912 Illinois at her daughter's}





^{Bertha Martin}^{b.1887 Hopedale, Illinois d.1967 Kout, Indiana at her home}