Louis Gerard Karst, b: 1867

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}


		^Aloys Karst^{b.1793, France d.1865, MO}

	^{Marie Louis Philippe Karst}^{b.1831, France d.1925}	^{Catherine Elizabeth Miltenberger}^{b.1800, France d.1893}

^{Louis Gerard Karst}^{b.1867 St Louis, MO d.1950}

	^{Laura Eleanor Bogy}^{b.1843 d.1925}





^{Elise Marie Guignon}^{b.1871 d.1948}