Flava Sirk, b: -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{Joseph C. Sirk}^{b.1853 d.1926 Benton Harbor, MI}

		^{Charles Addison Sirk}^{b.1875 d.1938}	^{Martha Russel}^{b.1858 d.1914}

	^Flava Sirk^{b. d.}		^{McClain Botkin}^{b. d.}

^Joseph Sirk^{b. d.}		^{Myrtle Ann Botkin}^{b. d.}	^{Amanda Snyder}^{b. d.}

^{James Wylie Sirk}^{b.1925 d.2003}

^{John Robert Sirk}^{b. d.}

	^{Mary O. Reed}^{b. d.}