W A Leser, b: Private -

^{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}


			^{Henry Christian Leser}^{b.1854 Germany, Lahr, Baden d.1913 Illinois, Will County, Joliet}

		^{William Frederick Leser}^{b.1895 Illinois, Will County, Joliet d.1963 Illinois, Will County, Joliet}	^{Mary Schlereth}^{b.1855 Germany, Bavaria, Somerach d.1910 Illinois, Will County, Joliet}

	^{William Joseph Leser}^{b.1922 Illinois, Will County, Joliet d.2011 Florida}		^{William Thomas Barrett}^{b.1856 Maryland, Washington, D.C. d.1920 Illinois, Will County, Joliet}

		^{Mabel Henrietta Barrett}^{b.1894 Illinois, Will County, Joliet d.1949 Illinois, Will County, Joliet}	^{Maria Cecelia Dobson}^{b.1857 Illinois, Will County, Joliet d.1928 Illinois, Will County, Joliet}

^W A Leser^{b. Private d.}			^{Charles Francis Vooris}^{b.1856 Massapequa, N.Y. d.1938 Bellmore, N.Y.}

		^{Alfred M. Vooris}^{b.1901 New York, Presbyterian d.1968 Connecticut, Danbury}	^{Cornelia Ann Baldwin}^{b.1859 Queens, N.Y. d.1914 Bellmore, N.Y.}

	^{Shirley Augusta Vooris}^{b.1924 New Jersey, Elizabeth d.2009 Florida}		^{Charles Gottlieb Pitschmann}^{b.1882 New York, City, New York City d.1940 New York, Bellmore}

		^{Adeline Elizabeth Pitschmann}^{b.1904 New York, New York d.1962 New York, Hempstead}	^{Augusta Sanders}^{b.1878 New York, Bellemore d.1949 New York, Hempstead}