Earl Norman Cortner, b: 1908 - Auckland, California

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


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

		^{Preston Bullard Cortner}^{b.1874 Auckland, Californea. d.1960 Visalia, California}	^{Mary Ann Jordan}^{b.1833 Champaign, Illinois d.1915 Tulare, California}

	^{Earl Norman Cortner}^{b.1908 Auckland, California d.1994 Mackay, Idaho}		^Hays Arnold^{b. d.}

^{Marilyn Cortner}^{b. Private d.}		^{Ida Ellen Arnold}^{b.1888 Visalia, California d.1979 Visalia, California}	^{Sarah Catherine Hill}^{b. d.}

^{Norma Cortner}^{b. Private d.}

^{Karen Triplett}^{b. d.}

	^{Ruby Maye Triplett}^{b. d.}