Josiah S. Lahr, b: 1845 -

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}


		^{Johann George Lahr}^{b.1799 d.1866 Jackson Twp., Pa}

	^Jacob Lahr^b.1824 d.	^{Catherine Elizabeth Dressler}^{b.1798 Upper Mahanoy Twp. Nor d.1881 Red C, Northumberland Pa}

^{Josiah S. Lahr}^{b.1845 d.1900 Klingerstown, DC, Pa}		^{Peter Schaffer}^{b.1796 Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pa d.1850 Northumberland Twp., Pa}

	^{Susanna Shaffer}^{b.1824 Upper Mahanoy Twp. Nor d.1899 Jackson Twp., Pa}	^{Maria Magdalena Braun}^{b.1798 Upper Mahanoy Twp. Nor d.1864 Upper Mahanoy Twp. Nor}





^{Esther Hettie Minnich}^{b. d.}