Frances L Esselborn, b: 1915 -

^{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}




^{Diane Taaffe}^{b. d.}	^{John J Taaffe}^{b.1908 St Louis City, MO d.1974}

^{Patrice Taaffe}^{b. d.}

^Jack Taaffe^{b. d.}			^{Fredrich Charles Esselborn}^{b.1853 Wiesbaden, Germany d.1925 St Louis, MO}

^{Deborah Taaffe}^{b. d.}		^{Martin Emil Esselborn}^{b.1891 St Louis City, MO d.1953}	^{Louisa Maria Gasser}^{b.1863 St Louis City, MO d.1950 Maplewood, St Louis, MO}

	^{Frances L Esselborn}^{b.1915 d.1991}		^{Eugene H Plochman}^{b.1864 d.1922}

		^{Edith P Plochman}^{b.1893 St Louis City, MO d.1978}	^{Julia F McCarthy}^{b.1866 Southpoint, MO d.1938}