Edward Gessele, b: 1887 - Venturia, North Dakota

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}



	^{Karl Gessele}^{b.1859 Lustdorf, Odessa, Russia d.1949 Bismarck, North Dakota}

^{Edward Gessele}^{b.1887 Venturia, North Dakota d.1979 Mercer, North Dakota}		^{Heinrich Wiest}^{b.1832 Rohrbach, Odessa, Russia d.1912 Venturia, North Dakota}

	^{Margaretha Wiest}^{b.1860 Rohrbach, Odessa, Russia d.1895 Venturia, North Dakota}	^{Johannah Hoffmann}^{b.1835 Rohrbach, Odessa, Russia d.1918 Venturia, North Dakota}





^{Katharina Bender}^{b.1889 Kassel, South Russia d.1982 Mercer, North Dakota}