Genealogy for
John William Koser
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John William Koser
12/18/1859 - 1/30/1937
(Shown at age 41)
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John William Koser was born on December 18, 1859 in Stephenson County, Illinois and died on January 30, 1937 in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota. He lived to be 77 years old.
He and Nancy Jane Moothart were married on Feb. 3, 1881 in Stephenson County, Illinois. They had the following children:
- Mattie Lee (1884-1945)
- Rufus W. (Ruthford?) (1886-1956)
- Chester Arthur (1888-?)
- Ross Porter (1890-1949)
- Carrie Ethyl (1892-1965)
- Hazle M. (1896-1952)
John and his brother Jacob E. were twins. Jacob died in 1917 from injuries sustained in an accidental fall. During an overnight hunting trip at the house of his wife's brother in Loran, he fell down the stairs and broke his back. He died the following day from his injuries. His wife, Hattie, died the following year. Probate records show that Olive and Robert Earlenbaugh became guardians to their children, Ellis and Ordreal, on September 30, 1919. Later, on Feb. 25, 1924 Archibald Koser became the guardian to Ordreal.
John was 58 years old when his twin brother died.
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 | Census | 6/21/1880 | Loran IL (Stephenson County) | 20 yrs old | | The family of Jacob Kaser (age 50) is recorded as dwelling #195:
Matilda Kaser (wife, age 51),
John and Jacob (twin sons, age 21),
Addie (daughter, 18),
Matilda (daughter, 16),
Archibald (son, 14),
Charles (son, 11),
Henry (son, age 25, divorced),
Catherine (S-daughter, age 23, divorced), and
Sarah I. Gill (daughter, age 23, divorced).
Jacob and Matilda were born in PA as were their parents. All of their children were born in IL. Jacob cannot read or write. His wife, Matilda, can read but she cannot write. The three youngest children have been attending school and all of the older children can read and write.
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| 6 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 10 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 18 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 20 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 30 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 36 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 38 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 41 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 41 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 42 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 43 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 44 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 45 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 47 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 47 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 47 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 53 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 54 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 55 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 64 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 64 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 65 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 67 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 68 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 69 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 77 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
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| 2 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 3 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 23 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 26 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 49 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 53 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 54 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 58 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 60 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 6 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 9 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 16 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 17 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 50 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 51 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 68 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 70 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 71 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 73 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 74 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
| 75 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 75 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
| 76 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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| 50 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 55 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 58 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 60 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 61 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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 | Nancy Moothart
Born on February 23, 1865 and died on March 31, 1936.
They were married 2/3/1881.
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