W. D. Collins, b: 1944 - Gainesville, MO

^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}
^{1991 Break-up of the Soviet Union}

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}




^{W. D. Collins}^{b.1944 Gainesville, MO d.2007 Gainesville, MO}





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

^{Dorlene Mertens}^{b.1942 Kingman, KS d.1999 Gainesville, MO}		^{August Joseph Henning}^{b.1894 Tipton, Ks. d.1962 Willowdale, Ks.}

	^{Laurine Henning}^{b.1921 Willowdale, KS d.2004}	^{Elizabeth Mary Hilbert}^{b.1897 IA d.1960 Willowdale, KS}