Robert E. Lee Cortner, b: 1865 - Packwood, California

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}



		^{William Coleman Cortner}^{b.1828 Shelby, Tennessee d.1894 Stokes Valley, California.}

^{Eva Ethel Cortner}^{b.1899 Visalia, California d.}	^{Robert E. Lee Cortner}^{b.1865 Packwood, California d.1918 Chowchilla, California}		^John Jordan^{b.1807 Bond Co., Illinois d.1862 Kern River, California}

^{Doris Cortner}^{b.1901 Visalia, California d.1902}		^{Mary Ann Jordan}^{b.1833 Champaign, Illinois d.1915 Tulare, California}	^{Eliza Jane Sadorus}^{b.1814 Titusville, Pennsylvania d.1909 North of Exeter, California}

^{Lamar Preston Cortner}^{b.1904 Visalia, California d.1984}

^{Virginia Cortner}^{b.1909 Montalvo, California d.1927 San Pedro, California}

^{Dorothy Cortner}^{b.1910 Visalia, California d.1912 Tulare, California}	^{Mary Gertrude Fleshner}^{b.1880 Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois d.1941 San Pedro, California}

^Eda Cortner^{b.1912 Tipton, Tulare, California d.1995 San Pedro, California}