Timeline of the Ott Family
1699 Birth of Melchoir Ott, Switzerland
1725 Birth of Jacob Ott I, son of Melchoir
1742 Swiss astronomer, Anders Celsius, invented the centigrade thermometer
1755 14 Aug. Birth of Jacob Ott II, son of Jacob I, Orangeburg, SC
1755 23 Oct. Death of Melchoir Ott, age 56, Orangeburg, SC
1776 - 1783 Revolutionary War; Jacob Ott II served under Col. Francis Marion
1774 Birth of Jacob Ott III, son of Jacob II, Orangeburg, SC
1800 24 Apr. President John Adams approved $5,000 for books for the use of Congress and the Library of Congress was begun
1811 Robert Livingston & Robert Fulton had exclusive charter to navigate MS River with steam powered vessels
1813 5 Sep. Birth of Charlotte Temple (Ott) Brumfield, daughter of Jacob III, LA
1812 – 1814 War of 1812. Jacob Ott III & his son, Joel, served in LA Militia
1815 Jan. Battle of New Orleans was fought; after Peace Treaty had been signed
1820 12 Sep. Death of Jacob Ott III, age 65, in Mt. Hermon, Washington, LA
1822 24 Dec. The Night Before Christmas written by Clement Moore
1835 Marriage of Charlotte Temple (Ott) Brumfield & Nathaniel Brumfield, LA
1838 27 Sep. Birth of Jessie Alexander Brumfield, son of Nathaniel & Charlotte
1850 Population of Louisiana: 517,762
1852 8 Feb. Death of Nathaniel Brumfield, age 39, in LA
1853 Yellow Fever Epidemic killed 11,000 in New Orleans
c 1854 Marriage of Charlotte Temple (Ott) Brumfield & Elijah Brumfield, brother of Nathaniel
1855 Leaves of Grass written by Walt Whitman
1861 - 1865 Civil War; Samuel Edward Ott served
1868 Louisiana readmitted to the Union
1874 April. Severe floods hit LA
1880 1 Jan. Construction of the Panama Canal began
1883 18 Nov. Five standard time zones established by the US & Canada
1895 Death of Charlotte Temple (Ott) Brumfield, age 81, LA
1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France; women took part for the 1st time
1903 The Ford Model A automobile was produced & sold for $750
1914 27 May. Death of Jessie Alexander Brumfield, age 75, in MS
This Chart shows the link between the Ott family & my paternal grandfather.
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Great timeline! What do you use to to make it and the chart? :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great idea to encapsulate a family's history through time. Love contextualizing it with current events of the day. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comments. I make my timelines on Word & then copy & paste into my post. I use my Family Tree Maker to make charts.
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