Joseph Roth, b: 1872 - Nobel Iowa,

^{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 Roth}^{b.1848 Canada d.1927 Shickley, Nebraska}

	^Joseph Roth^{b.1872 Nobel Iowa d.1941 Pigeon , Michigan}		^{Joseph Wittrig}^{b.1811 France d.1902 Hopedale, Illinois}

^{Ada Lena Roth}^{b.1896 Aberlin, Kansas d.1977 Pigeon , Michigan}		^{Magdalena Wittrig}^{b.1851 Canada d.1934 Shickley, Nebraska}	^Anna Gascho^{b.1824 Bavaria, Germany d.1912 Illinois at her daughter's}

^{Amy Ella Roth}^{b.1899 Oberlin, Kansas d.1987 Missouri at the Camden H}



	^Lydia Roggy^{b.1875 Oberlin, Kansas d.1901 Lund, Kansas}