| 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl | 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II | 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins |
![]() | Gustav Geisel b.1911 Rheinbach, Germany d.1997 Westlawn Cemet, Chicago | |||||||
| Harold W. Geisel b. Private d. | ||||||||
| Jerome Geisel b. Private d. | ![]() | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Siegfried Siegel b.1884 Mosbabach - B, Germany d.1953 New York | ||||||
![]() | Steffi nee Siegel Geisel b.1919 Mosbach - Bad, Germany d. | ![]() | Martin Moritz b.1855 Mainz d.1935 Jewish Cemeter, Germany | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Friedericke nee Moritz Siegel b.1887 Mainz, Germany d.1982 Bethel Westw, New Jersey | Hedwig nee Feuchtwanger Moritz b.1866 Pappenheim, Germany d.1936 Mainz, Germany | |||||
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