The Rook Family Chronicles

    With Hadlock, Marquis, Reiter, Waggoner, and White

    Seventeenth Century

    1607

  • May 13, The first permanent English colony in America is established on the left bank of the James River in northern Virginia, named Jamestown

    • 1620

  • December 26, The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, the first English settlement in New England

    • Eighteenth Century

    1773

  • July 4 Isaac Marquiss is born, in Virginia colony

    • 1776

  • July 4 Declaration of Independence is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    • 1790

  • August 1, The first US Census is completed and the population placed at 3,929,625 including 697,624 slaves and 59,557 free blacks. The most populous state was Virginia, with 747,610 people, and the largest city Philadelphia with 42,444. The US population was about equally divided between New England and the Middle Atlantic States, and the South. Only Massachusetts reported having no slaves.

    • 1798

  • February 3, Sarah McCully is born, in Pennsylvania; future wife of John Marquis

    • Nineteenth Century

    1800

  • The second US Census recorded a population of 5,308,483, including 896,849 slaves, an increase of 1,379,269 and 199,168. The center of the US population was 18 miles SW of Baltimore, a westward shift from 1790 reflecting the expansion of the frontier.
  • c. Marriage of Issac Marquiss and Eliza Sturgis, probably in Pennsylvania

    • 1803

  • October 18, John Marquis is born, first child of Isaac Marquiss and Eliza Sturgis, in Pennsylvania

    • 1805

  • March 27, Isaac Marquis is born, second child of Isaac Marquiss and Eliza Sturgis

    • 1809

  • October 1 Andrew Marquis is born, third child of Isaac Marquiss and Eliza Sturgis

    • 1810

  • The third US Census recorded a population of 7,239,881, an increase of 1,931,398 over 1800. Black population rose by 481,362 to 1,378,110, of whom 186,746 were free citizens. The center of population moved to a point 40 miles NW of Washington, DC.

    • 1811

  • c.Leah Marquis is born, fourth child of Isaac Marquiss and Eliza Sturgis

    • 1816

  • February 11, Willard Hadlock is born, in western New York
  • May 24 c., William Rook is born, in Pennsylvania

    • 1819

  • Sarah Wilson is born, in Missouri; future wife of William Rook

    • 1820

  • The fourth US Census reported a population of 9,638,453. The center of population was placed 16 miles east of Moorefield, West Virginia.

    • 1821

  • September 12, Cyreniuss Marquis is born, fifth child of Isaac Marquiss and Eliza Sturgis

    • 1824

  • November 8, Hannah Waggoner is born, in Ohio; future wife of Willard Hadlock
  • November 11, Marriage of John Marquis, age 21, and Sarah McCully, age 26, in Highland County, Ohio

    • 1825

  • May 30, William W. Marquis is born, first child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio

    • 1828

  • c.,Lucy B. Pace is born, in Virginia; future wife of William W Marquis
  • May 10, Joseph Reiter is born

    • 1829

  • December 26, Andrew Jackson Marquis is born, second child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio

    • 1830

  • The fifth US Census recorded a population of 12,866,020 with the geographic center of population 19 miles WSW of Moorefield, West Virginia
  • c., Lafayette Marquis is born, first child of Isaac Marquiss and Abigail Duncan
  • May 20, Zillah Ann White is born; future wife of Joseph Reiter

    • 1831

  • c., Spencer Marquis is born, second child of Isaac Marquiss and Abigail Duncan
  • January 24, John Harvey Marquis is born, third child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Highland County, Ohio

    • 1832

  • c., James Warington Marquis is born, third child of Isaac Marquiss and Abigail Duncan

    • 1833

  • c., Margaret Felgar is born, in Pennsylvania; future wife of John Harvey Marquis
  • April 10, Samuel Newton Marquis is born, fourth child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Highland County, Ohio

    • 1835

  • c., Marriage of William Rook, age 19, and Sarah Wilson, age 16, in Fulton County, Illinois
  • c., Mary M. Lozier is born, in Ohio; future wife of Andrew Jackson Marquis

    • 1836

  • Rachel Ann Marquis is born, fifth child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Highland County, Ohio
  • November 28, Thomas J. Rook is born, first child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Fulton County, Illinois.

    • 1837

  • c., Lydia Mothuell is born, in Indiana or Ohio, future second wife of William Rook
  • c., Joshua Clinton Marquis is born, fourth child of Isaac Marquiss and Abigail Duncan
  • December, Sarah Leah Marquis is born, sixth child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio, future wife of Thomas J. Rook

    • 1840

  • The sixth US Census recorded a population of 17,069,453 with a population center located 16 miles south of Clarksburg, West Virginia
  • c., Rachel Ann Lozier is born, future wife of Samuel Newton Marquis
  • August 19 ,Marriage of Willard Hadlock, age 24, and Hannah Waggoner, age 15, in Tazewell County, Illinois

    • 1841

  • c., Susan Jemina Lozier is born, in Iowa; future second wife of Samuel Newton Marquis
  • William H. Harrison Hadlock is born, first child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois

    • 1842

  • c., A. Rook is born, second child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Iowa
  • James Welch is born, in Virginia; future husband of Mary E. Marquis

    • 1843

  • George W. Hadlock is born, second child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois
  • Mary E. Marquis is born, seventh child of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio

    • 1844

  • c., S.E. Rook is born, a daughter and third child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Missouri

    • 1846

  • c., ?.E. Rook is born, fourth child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Missouri
  • Lamandia Hadlock is born, third child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois

    • 1847

  • October 30, Marriage of William W. Marquis, age 22, son of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, and Lucy B. Pace, age 19, in Ohio

    • 1848

  • c., William A. Rook is born, fifth child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Missouri
  • Lemuel H. Hadlock is born, fourth child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois

    • 1849

  • c., S.M. Marquis is born, first child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Ohio

    • 1850

  • The seventh US Census reported a population of 23,191,876 in 31 states with a center of population 23 miles SE of Parkersburg, West Virginia

    • 1850

  • c., A.C. Rook is born, sixth child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Missouri
  • John A. Marquis is born, second child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Ohio

    • 1851

  • James M. Hadlock is born, fifth child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois
  • June 7 , Marriage of Joseph Reiter, age 23, and Zillah Ann White, age 21, in Dow's Grove, Illinois

    • 1852

  • c., M.A. Rook is born, seventh child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Clark County, Iowa
  • William Henry Reiter is born, first child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1853

  • c., J.T. Marquis is born, third child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Ohio
  • Pheobe A. Hadlock is born, sixth child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois
  • Riley M. Reiter is born, second child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1854

  • c., Oscar C. Rook is born, eighth child of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, in Clark County, Iowa
  • George W. Reiter is born, third child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White
  • Death of Pheobe A. Hadlock, infant child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois
  • March 17, Marriage of John Harvey Marquis, age 23, son of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, and Margaret Felgar, age 21, in Henry County, Iowa

    • 1855

  • c., William P. Marquis is born, fourth child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Iowa
  • Leurisia E. Marquis is born, first child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • Andrew T. Marquis is born, second child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • January 19, Willard Hadlock Jr. is born, seventh child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois
  • December 12, Marriage of Rueben Trout and Rachel Ann Marquis, age 22, daughter of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Clark County, Iowa

    • 1856

  • February 28 ,Francis Rudolph Reiter is born, fourth child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White, in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois

    • 1857

  • c., A.P. Marquis is born, fifth child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Iowa
  • Maria H. Hadlock is born, eighth child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois
  • Joseph E. Reiter is born, fifth child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1858

  • c., Sarah E. Marquis is born, third child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • Death of Joseph E. Reiter, infant son of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White
  • September 14, Marriage of Samuel Newton Marquis, age 25, son of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, and Rachel Jane Lozier, age 18, in Henry County, Iowa
  • December 12, Marriage of Thomas J. Rook, 22, eldest son of William Rook and Sarah Wilson, to Sarah Leah Marquis, age 21, daughter of John Marquis and Sarah McCully, in Clark County, Iowa

    • 1859

  • James M. Rook is born, first child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clark County, Iowa

    • 1860

  • On the eve of the American Civil War, the eighth US Census reported a population of 31,443,321, including 448,070 free blacks and 3,953,760 slaves; the center of population shifting westward to a point 20 miles SE of Chillicothe, Ohio.
  • Samuel D. Marquis is born, fourth child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • Jemima S. Marquis is born, first child of Samuel Newton Marquis and Rachel Jane Lozier
  • Zillah Ann Reiter is born, sixth child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White; dies the same year
  • Ann Marquis is born, first child of Andrew Jackson Marquis and Mary M. Lozier, in Clark County, Iowa
  • January , Eliza V. Marquis is born, sixth child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Iowa
  • January 15, Eben Rogers is born, future husband of Olive E. Reiter
  • September 5, Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock is born, ninth child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Partridge Township, Woodford County, Illinois
  • December 4, Marriage of William Rook, age 44, to Lydia Mothuell, age 23, his second, in Clark County, Iowa

    • 1861

  • Fanny Bell Reiter is born, seventh child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1862

  • c., Issac R. Rook is born, ninth child of William Rook and first child of Lydia Mothuell, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Oliver B. Rook is born, second child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Sedera E. Marquis is born, second child of Samuel Newton Marquis and Rachel Jane Lozier, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Elizabeth E. Reiter is born, seventh child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1863

  • c., Jackson B. Marquis is born, seventh child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Mary D. Marquis is born, fifth child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • Death of Oliver B. Rook, in infancy, son of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Death of Elizabeth E. Reiter, in infancy, daughter of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1864

  • c., John W. Rook is born, tenth child of William Rook and second child of Lydia Mothuell, in Clark County, Iowa
  • U.S. Grant Hadlock is born, tenth child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner
  • Antoinette Deal is born, future wife, perhaps, of John W. Rook
  • Clemant V. Marquis is born, second child of Andrew Jackson Marquis and Mary M. Lozier, in Clark County, Iowa
  • February, Thomas A. Sutton is born, in Iowa, future husband of Sarah Elizabeth Rook
  • March, Sarah Elizabeth Rook is born, third child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clark County, Iowa

    • 1865

  • c., Alfred B. Marquis is born, eighth child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Clark County, Iowa
  • George A. Marquis is born, sixth child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • October 21, Olive E. Reiter is born, eighth child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1866

  • Anna Hadlock is born, eleventh child of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois; dies the same year
  • Heneretta Marquis is born, third child of Andrew Jackson Marquis and Mary M. Lozier, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Death of George W. Hadlock, age 23, son of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner
  • April, Thomas P. Jeffers is born, in Illinois, future husband of Esther Ann Rook
  • November, Esther Ann Rook is born, fourth child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clark County, Iowa

    • 1867

  • c., Mary Rook is born, eleventh child of William Rook and third child of Lydia Mothuell, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Syrnus A. Marquis is born, seventh child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • Mary J. Marquis is born, first child of Samuel Newton Marquis and his second wife, Susan Jemina Lozier, in Clark County, Iowa
  • Charles D. Reiter is born, ninth child of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White
  • Clark County, Iowa adds final "E" to spelling, officially becoming Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1868

  • c., Calvin Marquis is born, second child of Samuel Newton Marquis and his second wife, Susan Jemina Lozier, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1869

  • c., Twin sons Ammon and Allis Rook are born, twelfth and thirteenth children of William Rook and fourth and fifth children of Lydia Mothuell, in Clarke County, Iowa
  • John F. Marquis is born, fourth child of Andrew Jackson Marquis and Mary M. Lozier, in Clarke County, Iowa
  • John H. Marquis is born, eighth child of John Harvey Marquis and Margaret Felgar, in Iowa
  • April, Ida J. is born, in Illinois, future wife of John C. Rook
  • July, John C. Rook is born, fifth child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1870

  • The ninth US Census recorded a population of 39,818,449 with the population center shifting westward to a point 48 miles NE of Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Charles S. Marquis is born, ninth child of William W. Marquis and Lucy B. Pace, in Clarke County, Iowa
  • James Marquis is born, third child of Samuel Newton Marquis and his second wife, Susan Jemina Lozier, in Clarke County, Iowa
  • November 14, Death of John Marquis, age 67, husband of Eliza Sturgis and Abigail Duncan, in Liberty Township, Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1871

  • Death of Riley M. Reiter, age 18, son of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1872

  • William H. Rook is born , sixth child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clarke County, Iowa
  • August 21, Death of William W. Marquis, age 46, husband of Lucy B. Pace, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1874

  • November, Samuel H. Rook is born, seventh child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1876

  • Harvey A. Lacy is born, future husband of Orabelle Reiter
  • May May E. ??? is born in Illinois, future wife of Samuel H. Rook

    • 1877

  • June Ella Florence Rook is born, eighth child of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1878

  • January, William E. Sampson is born, in Nebraska, future husband of Ella Florence Rook

    • 1880

  • The tenth US Census recorded a population of 50,155,783 with the center of population located 8 miles SW of Cincinnati, Ohio, in western Kentucky. New York became the first state to achieve a population in excess of 5,000,000 people.
  • Death of Joseph Reiter, age 52, husband of Zillah Ann White, in Illinois
  • February 18, Death of Sarah McCully, age 82, widow of John Marquis, in Clarke County, Iowa
  • December 12, Marriage of Francis Rudolph Reiter, age 24, and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock, age 20, daughter of Willard Hadlock and Hannah Waggoner, in Illinois

    • 1881

  • March 9, Francis Marion Rook is born, only son of Sarah Elizabeth Rook, age 17, and an unknown father, probably in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1882

  • Elmer Johnson is born, future second husband of Delpha Blanche Reiter
  • February 2, Orabelle Reiter is born, first child of Francis Rudolph Reiter and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock

    • 1883

  • Death of James M. Rook, age 24, in Clarke County, Iowa (?)
  • Death of William Henry Reiter, age 31, son of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White
  • September 13, Bessie Adell Reiter is born, second child of Francis Rudolph Reiter and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock

    • 1884

  • Marriage of Granville Gellers and Fanny Bell Reiter, age 23, daughter of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White

    • 1886

  • Walter I. Sorenson is born, future husband of Bessie Adell Reiter
  • January 23, Delpha Blanche Reiter is born, third daughter of Francis Rudolph Reiter and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock, in Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1888

  • June 10, Marriage of Eben Rogers, age 28, and Olive E. Reiter, age 22, daughter of Joseph Reiter and Zillah Ann White, at the Frank Jennison farm, Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1889

  • January 27, Death of William Rook, age 72, in Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • December 14, Lela Rogers is born, first child of Eben Rogers and Olive E. Reiter, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1890

  • The eleventh US Census records a population of 62,947,714, with a population center shifting NW to a point 20 miles east of Columbus, Indiana
  • c., Marriage of Thomas A. Sutton, age 26, and Sarah Elizabeth Rook, age 26, daughter of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • Marriage of Thomas P. Jeffers, age 24, and Esther Ann Rook, age 24, daughter of Thomas J. Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • February, Alma M. Jeffers is born, first child of Thomas P. Jeffers and Esther Ann Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County
  • November 30, Death of Lela Rogers, infant daughter of Eben Rogers and Olive E. Reiter, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • December Jessie L. Sutton is born, only known child of Thomas A. Sutton and Sarah Elizabeth Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County

    • 1892

  • January, Leitha P. Jeffers is born, second child of Thomas P. Jeffers and Esther Ann Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County
  • March 26, Florence Ann Rogers is born, second child of Eben Rogers and Olive E. Reiter, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1893

  • November, William R. Jeffers is born, third child of Thomas P. Jeffers and Esther Ann Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County

    • 1895

  • June, Death of Hannah Waggoner, age 70, wife of Willard Hadlock, in Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1896

  • c., Marriage of John C. Rook, age 27, son of Thomas Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, and Ida J. ???, age 27, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • April, Ogereto S. Sampson is born, a daughter and first child of William E. Sampson and Ella Florence Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County

    • 1897

  • April 7, Death of John Harvey Marquis, age 66, husband of Margaret Felgar, in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1898

  • January, Orva R. Jeffers is born, fourth child of Thomas P. Jeffers and Esther Ann Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County
  • February 15, The US battleship Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, Cuba; US goes to war with Spain
  • March ,Gladdis V. Sampson is born, second child of William E. Sampson and Ella Florence Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County

    • 1899

  • February 7, Death of Willard Hadlock, age 82, widower of Hannah Waggoner, in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • April 8 ,Marriage of Harvey A. Lacy, age 23, and Orabelle Reiter, age 17, daughter of Francis Rudolph Reiter and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock
  • December 1, Allen Clare Lacy is born, first child of Orabelle Reiter and Harvey Lacy

    • Twentieth Century

    1900

  • The twelfth US Census reports a population of 75,994,575 with a population center placed 6 miles SE of Columbus, Indiana. Illiteracy reaches a new low of 10.7%; life expectancy is 49 years
  • Mildred Jane Rogers is born, third child of Eben Rogers and Olive E. Reiter, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • January c., Marriage of Samuel H. Rook, age 24, son of Thomas Rook and Sarah Leah Marquis, and May E. ???, age 23, in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • April, Erma Sampson is born, third child of William E. Sampson and Ella Florence Rook, in Nebraska, probably Hamilton County
  • April 4, Death of Zillah Ann White, age 70, widow of Joseph Reiter, in Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1901

  • August 9, Delmar Frank Lacy is born, second child of Orabelle Reiter and Harvey Lacy
  • August 13, Death of Andrew Jackson Marquis, age 71,husband of Mary M. Lozier, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1903

  • March 8, Marriage of Francis Marion Rook, age 21, son of Sarah Elizabeth Rook and Delpha Blanche Reiter, age 17, daughter of Francis Rudolph Reiter and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock, in Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • July 5, Rolf Thure Lacy is born, third child of Orabelle Reiter and Harvey Lacy

    • 1904

  • April 24, Vernon Loyd Rook is born, first son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Blanche Reiter, in Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1905

  • July 8, Ethna Adell Lacy is born, fourth child of Orabelle Reiter and Harvey Lacy

    • 1907

  • May 9, Harry Lacy is born, fifth child of Orabelle Reiter and Harvey Lacy
  • June 9, Marriage of Walter I. Sorenson, age 21, and Bessie Adell Reiter, age 23, daughter of Francis Rudolph Reiter and Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock

    • 1908

  • April 28, Irma Gladys McDaniel is born, in Kearny, Buffalo County, Nebraska, future wife of Vernon Loyd Rook
  • May 13, Beulah Frances Sorenson is born, first child of Walter I. Sorenson and Bessie Adell Reiter
  • June 30, Earl Jennings Rook is born, second son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Blanche Reiter, in Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1909

  • January 19, Della Eggers is born, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska, future wife of Arthur Wayne Rook

    • 1910

  • The 13th US Census reports a population of 91,972,266 with a center of population at Bloomington, Indiana. Farm population continues to decline to 32,077,000
  • March 17, Pearl Irene West is born, second daughter of George Amos West and Pearl Elizabeth Brown, in a sod house in rural Garden County, Nebraska

    • 1911

  • November 18, Arthur Wayne Rook is born, third son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Blanche Reiter, in Lodgepole, Deuel County, Nebraska. Known as Wayne Rook

    • 1912

  • April 17, Willard Paul Sorenson is born, second child of Walter I. Sorenson and Bessie Adell Reiter

    • 1914

  • January 13, Floyd Raymond Rook is born, fourth son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Blanche Reiter, in Nebraska
  • February 27, Marien Earnestine Sorenson is born, third child of Walter I. Sorenson and Bessie Adell Reiter
  • July 4, George Hershel Lacy is born, sixth child of Orabelle Reiter and Harvey Lacy
  • August, The German armies of Kaiser Wilhelm invade France through neutral Belgium, plunging Europe into the "Great War," World War I

    • 1915

  • June 10, Death of Thomas J. Rook, age 78, in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska

    • 1916

  • December 3, Death of Samuel Newton Marquis, age 83, husband of Rachel Jane Lozier and Susan Jemina Lozier, in Clarke County, Iowa

    • 1917

  • April 6, The US declares war on Germany and enters the war on the side of Britain and France

    • 1918

  • June 28, Death of Willard Hadlock, Jr., age 63, in Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • November 11, Armistice in Europe, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, outside Paris

    • 1919

  • January 29, The 18th amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages, beginning the era of "Prohibition"
  • March 11, Harry Edgar Sorenson is born, fourth child of Walter I. Sorenson and Bessie Adell Reiter
  • April 17, Death of Eben Rogers, age 59, husband of Olive E. Reiter, probably in Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1920

  • The 14th US Census reports a population of 105,710,620 with a center 8 miles SSE of Spencer, Indiana. Fewer than 50% are rural; less than 30% are living on farms
  • April 6, Eldon Lyle Rook is born, fifth son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Blanche Reiter, on the Kinkead in the sand hills of Arthur County, Nebraska. Known as Lyle Rook

    • 1922

  • December 17, Marcia Hope Cahill is born, in Paxton, Keith County, Nebraska, future wife of Floyd Raymond Rook

    • 1923

  • October 17, Perry R. Steadman is born, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, future husband of Gladys Rook

    • 1927

  • May 20, Charles Lindberg makes first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air
  • June 12, June Cahill is born, in Paxton, Keith County, Nebraska, future second wife of Floyd Raymond Rook
  • September, Marriage of John W. Beber and Mildred Jane Rogers, age 27, daughter of Eben Rogers and Olive E. Reiter
  • December 4, Marriage of Vernon Loyd Rook, age 23, eldest son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Reiter, and Irma Gladys McDaniel, age 19, in Minatare, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

    • 1928

  • November 4, Anita Illene Rook is born, only child of Vernon Loyd Rook and Irma Gladys McDaniel, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska
  • November 22, Iris Rosemary Kipp is born, to Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, future wife of Francis Earl Rook

    • 1929

  • March 3, Marriage of Earl Jennings Rook, age 20, son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Reiter, and Pearl Irene West, age 18, daughter of George West and Pearl Brown, in Julesburg, Sedgewick County, Colorado
  • June 17, George William Atkinson is born, in Garden County, Nebraska, future husband of Faye Rook
  • October 29, The stock market crashes, ushering in the Great Depression
  • December 6 Francis Earl Rook is born, only son of Earl Jennings Rook and Pearl Irene West, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska

    • 1930

  • The 15th US Census records a population of 122,775,046 with a population center 3 miles NE of Linton, Indiana. Illiteracy reaches a new low of 4.3%
  • March 3, Marriage of Arthur Wayne Rook, age 18, son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Reiter, and Della Eggers, age 21, in Holyoke, Phillips County, Nebraska

    • 1931

  • October 26, William Rogers Beber is born, only known child of John W. Beber and Mildred Jane Rogers
  • December 4, Ila Faye Rook is born, first child of Wayne Rook and Della Eggers, in Garden County, Nebraska. Known as Faye Rook

    • 1933

  • March 4, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated president of the United States, an office he will hold through the Depression and the Second World War until his death in 1945.
  • March 27, Gladys Pauline Rook is born, second child of Wayne Rook and Della Eggers, in Garden County, Nebraska
  • September 14, Death of Francis Marion Rook, age 52, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska

    • 1934

  • June 20, Mary Louise Rook is born, 2 months premature, to Earl Jennings Rook and Pearl Irene West, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska. Dies within weeks

    • 1935

  • May 1, Death of Anita Illene Rook, age 6, only child of Vernon Loyd Rook and Irma Gladys McDaniel, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska, hit by a truck while delivering May baskets

    • 1940

  • On the eve of the second world war, the 16th US Census reports a population of 131,669,275 with a center of population 2 miles ESE of Carlisle, Indiana. Illiteracy drops to 4.2%; the average life expectancy is 64 years
  • October 16, Death of Francis Rudolph Reiter, age 84, husband of Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock, in Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1941

  • April 10, Paul Marion Rook is born, only child of Floyd Rook and Marcia Cahill, in Ogallala, Keith County, Nebraska
  • July 14, Death of Antoinette Deal, age 77, in Hamilton County, Nebraska, widow of John W. Rook (?)
  • December 7 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii brings United States into World War II
  • December 28 Death of Elizabeth Earnestine Hadlock, age 81, widow of Francis Rudolph Reiter, in Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska

    • 1942

  • October 9, Marriage of Eldon Lyle Rook, age 22, son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Reiter, and Lillian Loomis, in Boise, Boise County, Idaho

    • 1945

  • February 19, US forces land on the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima, finally secured March 24; in course of which, Lyle Rook, US Army Air Force, is shot down for a second time, safely retrieved from the waters of the Pacific Ocean
  • April 1, US forces land on the Japanese held island of Okinawa; in the campaign to secure which Lyle Rook, US Army Air Force, is shot down a third time, safely rescued from the sea
  • August 6, Hiroshima, Japan is destroyed by the first atomic bomb to be used in war. A second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki on the 9th; the Japanese surrender on the 14th

    • 1947

  • January 28, Mari Buchanan is born, future wife of Paul Rook

    • 1948

  • October 27, Death of Olive E. Reiter, age 83, widow of Eben Rogers
  • December 31, Marriage of Ila Faye Rook, age 17, daughter of Wayne Rook and Della Eggers, to George William Atkinson, age 19, in Ogallala, Keith County, Nebraska

    • 1950

  • The 17th US Census reports a population of 150,697,361 with a center of population placed 8 miles NNW of Olney, Richland County, Illinois, former home of the Kipp family. Illiteracy drops again, to 3.2%
  • June 25, North Korean armed forces cross the 38th parallel and invade South Korea; hostilities will continue until 1953 leaving 25,604 Americans killed, 137,051 wounded, and 7,955 missing in action.

    • 1951

  • November 10, Marriage of Eldon Lyle Rook, age 31, son of Francis Marion Rook and Delpha Reiter, and Lilja Wuori, in Nevada. His second

    • 1952

  • Death of Walter I. Sorenson, age 66, husband of Bessie Adell Reiter
  • Death of Elmer Johnson, age 70, second husband of Delpha Blanche Reiter
  • Marriage of Gladys Pauline Rook, age 19, daughter of Wayne Rook and Della Eggers, to Perry R. Steadman, age 29, in Clovis, New Mexico

    • 1954

  • August 1, Marriage of Francis Earl Rook, age 24, son of Earl Jennings Rook and Pearl West, and Iris Rosemary Kipp, age 25, daughter of Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, at her parents' home in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming. Best man, Earl Jennings Rook
  • Death of Delmar Frank Lacy, age 56

    • 1960

  • The US population reaches 179,245,000

    • 1963

  • August 24, Marriage of Paul Rook, age 22, son of Floyd Rook and Marcia Cahill, to Mari Buchanan, age 16, in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho
  • November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas and dies the same day; Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 35th President of the United States.

    • 1967

  • July 22, Death of Perry R. Steadman, age 43, husband of Gladys Rook, in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska

    • 1969

  • March 16, Marriage of Kathleen June Atkinson, age 17, daughter of George Atkinson and Faye Rook, to William D. Wright, in Seattle, King County, Washington
  • July 16, Neil Armstrong, in Apollo 11, becomes the first person to walk upon the Earth's moon

    • 1970

  • August 1, The 19th US Census recorded a preliminary population count approaching 205,000,000
  • Death of Allen Clare Lacy, age 70

    • 1972

  • September 9, Marriage of Carole Lee Atkinson, age 18, daughter of George Atkinson and Faye Rook, and Edgar Ahrens, in Julesburg, Sedgwick County, Colorado

    • 1973

  • June 28, Marriage of Connie Jean Atkinson, age 17, daughter of George Atkinson and Faye Rook, and Lonnie J. Cranmore, in Julesburg, Sedgwick County, Colorado

    • 1976

  • Death of Harry Lacy, age 69
  • October 30, Death of Earl Jennings Rook, age 68, husband of Pearl Irene West, at home in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington
  • December 28, Death of Vernon Loyd Rook, age 72, of cancer, at home in San Diego, California

    • 1977

  • June 4, Marriage of Earl Jay Rook, age 22, son of Francis Earl Rook and Iris Kipp, and Kathryn Jean Swanson, age 22, daughter of Heimer Swanson and Vera Carlson, in Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota. Best man, Francis Earl Rook

    • 1980

  • October 11, Death of Della Eggers, age 71, husband of Wayne Rook, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska

    • 1981

  • July 15, Death of Marcia Cahill, age 58, wife of Floyd Rook, on a visit to Florida
  • December 27 Death of Delpha Blanche Reiter, age 95, widow of Francis Marion Rook and Elmer Johnson, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska
  • December 30 Death of Florence Ann Rogers, age 89, daughter of Eben Rogers and Olive E. Reiter

    • 1982

  • May 25, Marriage of Judd Aaron Rook, age 24, son of Francis Earl Rook and Iris Kipp, and Susan Jayne Pulliam, in Paola, Miami County, Kansas
  • August 28, Marriage of Floyd Raymond Rook, age 68, widower of Marcia Cahill, and June Cahill, age 55, sister of Marcia Cahill

    • 1983

  • February 22, Death of Pearl Irene West, age 72, widow of Earl Jennings Rook, in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington

    • 1984

  • January 7 Marriage of Paul Marion Rook, age 42, son of Floyd Rook and Marcia Cahill, and Amy Shiree Carr, age 26, in Mukilteo, Snohomish County, Washington
  • July 13, Marriage of Mark Eli Rook, age 21, son of Francis Earl Rook and Iris Kipp, and Shannon Lynne Schlickman, in Denver, Colorado

    • 1985

  • Death of Ethna Adell Lacy, age 80
  • April 4, Death of Marien Earnestine Sorenson, age 71, in Oroville, Butte County, California
  • September 25 Marriage of Seth Eric Rook, age 29, son of Francis Earl Rook and Iris Kipp, and Amy Carol Bard, in East Hampton, Long Island, New York

    • 1986

  • Death of Rolf Thure Lacy, age 83
  • June 2 Death of June Cahill, age 59, wife of Floyd Raymond Rook, of Huntington's Chorea, in Lynwood, Snohomish County, Washington
  • June 21 Marriage of Christina Michelle Rook, age 18, daughter of Paul Rook and Mari Buchanan, and Douglas Lee Bean, age 20, in Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington

    • 1988

  • August 21, Marriage of Raymond Paul Rook, age 24, son of Paul Rook and Mari Buchanan, and Xena Rae Potuzak, age 22, in Redmond, King County, Washington

    • 1993

  • February 7, Death of Arthur Wayne Rook, age 81, in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
  • May 13, Death of Harry Edgar Sorenson, age 74, in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
  • July 4, Death of George William Atkinson, age 64, husband of Faye Rook, in Julesburg, Sedgwick County, Colorado
  • November 14, Marriage of Mary Frances Rook, age 34, daughter of Francis Earl Rook and Iris Kipp, and Stephen Miller, at Salishan Lodge, Lincoln City, Oregon. Matron of Honor, Kathryn Jean Rook Swanson

    • 1995

  • Death of Irma McDaniel, age 87, widow of Vernon Loyd Rook, in San Diego, California

    • 1996

  • June 1, Family reunion of four generations at the home of Floyd Rook in Lynwood, Washington. Attending were surviving sons of Francis Marion and Delpha, Floyd and Lyle; and all four surviving cousins, Faye, Gladys, Francis, and Paul.

    • Twenty-First Century

    To be continued.......

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