Joel Kratzer, b: 1868 -

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}

^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}


^{Margaret Irene Kratzer}^{b.1908 Jordan Township, d.1997 Susquehanna Lutheran Vil}

^{Fay Ellen Kratzer}^{b.1910 Jordan Township, d.1996}		^{Joel Kratzer}^{b.1844 d.1868 Jordan Township,}

^{Roy Joel Kratzer}^{b.1911 Berrysburg Evangelical C d.1962}	^{Joel Kratzer}^b.1868 d.		^{John Trautman}^{b.1817 Jordan Township, d.1901}

^{John Marcus Kratzer}^{b.1913 Jordan Township, d.2004 Sunbury Community Hos}		^{Ellemina Trautman}^{b.1845 Jordan Township, d.1914 ,}	^{Henrietta Lesher}^{b.1824 d.1888}

^{Grace Mollie Kratzer}^{b.1914 Jordan Township, d.}

^{Carrie Violet Kratzer}^{b.1916 d.1996 Jackson Township,}

^{Mary Ethel Kratzer}^{b.1918 Jordan Township, d.}	^{Hattie Schlegel}^b.1880 d.

^{William Myers Kratzer}^b.1918 d.

^{Ralph Livingston Kratzer}^{b.1923 Jordan Township, d.1995 ,}