 Birth | July 19, 1869 30 28 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | July 24, 1870 (Age 12 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Ira Widick February 28, 1871 (Age 19 months) |
| Death of a brother | Ira Widick March 17, 1871 (Age 19 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Roy Emanuel Widick October 23, 1878 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Ann Widick June 1880 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mabel Widick September 22, 1884 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer — View this family May 23, 1894 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Leroy Arthur Widick August 2, 1896 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a father | John Cox Widick November 23, 1896 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Clarence Edward Widick January 3, 1898 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Irene Widick February 24, 1899 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick November 7, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Aaron Hizer October 24, 1901 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Helen Louisa Widick September 22, 1904 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Evelyn Widick March 25, 1907 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Evelyn Widick January 1, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Margaret Jane Widick September 16, 1912 (Age 43 years) |
| Census | 1915 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Clarence Edward Widick — Frances Eugenia Norris — View this family September 25, 1917 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Eugene Shaffer Widick November 21, 1918 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Jean Charlene Widick November 15, 1919 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Jack Norris Widick August 29, 1921 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leroy Arthur Widick — Willa Roberta McKenzie — View this family May 23, 1923 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | 1925 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick — Louise Jenette Kessler — View this family April 18, 1928 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Joanne Widick June 10, 1929 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Frederick Arthur Schroeder February 20, 1930 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1930 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Infant Widick January 18, 1931 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Infant Widick January 18, 1931 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Herman Kessler Widick September 1, 1931 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Sara Louise Widick July 11, 1935 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Hizer October 31, 1935 (Age 66 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1940 (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick — Mary Cecil Ballou — View this family March 10, 1941 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Effie Florence Widick about 1943 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a sister | Mabel Widick December 6, 1945 (Age 76 years) |
| Census | April 13, 1950 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 76 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 19, 1950 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery |