John Norman Sirk, b: 1922 -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{William Marcellus Sirk}^{b.1857 d.1908}

		^Norman Sirk^b.1883 d.	^{Rebecca Jane Nottingham}^{b.1865 d.1958}

	^{John Norman Sirk}^b.1922 d.		^{Henry Ashley}^{b. d.}

		^{Hattie Ethel Ashley}^{b.1886 d.1968}	^{Mariah Young}^{b. d.}

^Wendy Sirk^{b. Private d.}



	^Jean Morris^{b.1922 d.1985}