Fred Rogers, b: 1905 -

^{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}


			^{Thomas Washington Rogers}^{b.1830 d.1903}

		^{Curtis Eull Rogers}^{b.1867 d.1945}	^{Amanda Well Hustead}^{b.1838 d.1936}

	^Fred Rogers^{b.1905 d.2000}		^{Jonathan E. Whiteman}^{b. d.}

^{Fred Nile Rogers}^{b.1925 d.2007}		^{Ada May Whiteman}^{b.1870 d.1914}	^{Harriet F. Strothers}^{b. d.}

^{Patricia Louise Rogers}^{b.1926 d.1991}			^{Addison Rittenhouse}^b.1831 d.

		^{Omer Tillman Rittenhouse}^{b.1864 d.1950}	^{Levina Jane Rusk}^{b. d.1932}

	^{Arline May Rittenhouse}^{b.1906 d.1993}

		^{Rose Watkins}^{b. d.}