Bertha Ruth Halemeyer, b: 1911

^{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}




	^Everett Jay^{b.1910, IL d.}

^{Burton Dean Jay}^{b. d.}

^{Judith Ray Jay}^{b. d.}			^{Julius Halemeyer}^{b.1858, Germany d.}

		^{Henry Charles Halemeyer}^{b.1880 Brussels, Calhoun, IL d.1947 Belleville, St Clair, IL}	^Caroline^{b.1860, Germany d.}

	^{Bertha Ruth Halemeyer}^{b.1911 Belleville, St Clair, IL d.1996 Maricopa, AZ}

		^{Evelyn Irene Nagel}^{b.1893 Pinckneyville, Perry, IL d.1983 Greenville, IL}