Michael Finnegan, b: -

^{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}

^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}
^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}




	^{Michael Finnegan}^{b. d.1907 Wheeling, WV}



^{Pauline Finnegan}^{b. d.}			^{Wilhelm Pestinger}^{b.1805 Schlesien d.}

		^{Augustin Pestinger}^{b.1844 Schlesien d.}	^{Barbara Klippel}^{b.1804 Schlesien d.}

	^{Celia Selma Pestinger}^{b.1868 Hermsdorf, Schlesien d.1928}		^{Benedecit Geisler}^{b. d.}

		^{Philippine Pauline Geisler}^{b.1839 Schlesien d.}	^{Barbara Langer}^{b. d.}