Meinhardt Carl Koenig, b: 1888 - Merrill, Wisconsin

^{1914 - 1919 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}


			^{Gottfried Koenig}^{b.1816 Mauern, Germany d.1897 Columbus, WI}

		^{William Simon Koenig}^{b.1861 Portland, WI d.1932 Wausau, Marathon, WI}	^{Maria Wiedeman}^{b.1835 Shaffausen, Germany d.1910 Columbus, WI}

	^{Meinhardt Carl Koenig}^{b.1888 Merrill, Wisconsin d.1955}		^{August Wilhelm Sommerkorn}^{b.1826 Fuerstensee, Prussia d.1872 Minnesota}

		^{Pauline Ernestine Sommerkorn}^{b.1860 Hubbleton, Jefferson, WI d.1953 Milwaukee, WI}	^{Dorothee Sophie Wartenberg}^{b.1821 Neumark, Prussia d.1910 Centerville, Minnesota}

^{Patricia Koenig}^{b. Private d.}



	^{Florence Right}^{b. d.}