Elsie Sirk, b: 1899 -

^{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 Clyde Sturm}^{b.1921 Riverside, CA d.2001}

^{Betty Jane Sturm}^{b.1923 d.1990}

^{John William Sturm}^b.1925 d.	^Wayne Sturm^{b.1895 d.1968}

^{Mary Frances Sturm}^b.1926 d.

^{Bertie Ruth Sturm}^b.1928 d.			^{John Adam Sirk}^{b.1828 d.1904}

^{Joan Vivian Sturm}^b.1930 d.		^{William Marcellus Sirk}^{b.1857 d.1908}	^{Lucinda P. Frame}^{b.1830 d.1908}

^{Louise Sturm}^b.1932 d.	^Elsie Sirk^{b.1899 d.1937}		^{John Nottingham}^{b. d.}

^{Lois Ann Sturm}^b.1935 d.		^{Rebecca Jane Nottingham}^{b.1865 d.1958}	^Mary Fox^{b. d.}