Laurine Henning, b: 1921 - Willowdale, KS

^{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}




	^{William Mertens}^{b.1913 St. Leo, KS d.1992}

^{Dorlene Mertens}^{b.1942 Kingman, KS d.1999 Gainesville, MO}

^{Joyce Mertens}^{b. Private d.}			^{Albert B. Henning}^{b.1855 Putzig, East Prussia d.1939 Willowdale, Ks.}

^{Theodore Edward Mertens}^{b. Private d.}		^{August Joseph Henning}^{b.1894 Tipton, Ks. d.1962 Willowdale, Ks.}	^{Catherine S. Simeon}^{b.1863 Luxenburg d.1946 Willowdale, Ks.}

	^{Laurine Henning}^{b.1921 Willowdale, KS d.2004}

		^{Elizabeth Mary Hilbert}^{b.1897 IA d.1960 Willowdale, KS}