Roberta Persing, b: 1917 -

^{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}






^{Helen Frances}^b.1942 d.

^Bobbie Jo^b.1944 d.

		^{Carl Persing}^b.1894 d.

	^{Roberta Persing}^b.1917 d.		^{Elmer Ellsworth Cozad}^{b.1862 d.1899 ,}

		^{Helen Wilhelmina Cozad}^b.1896 d.	^{Willamina Maude Troutman}^{b.1868 d.1936}