| 1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement 1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower 1638 Printing press reaches America 1664 English capture/rename New York 1681 La Salle explores Louisiana | 1534 Cartier claims New France 1540 Spanish arrive in California 1540 Coronado travels through Midwest 1565 First colony St. Augustine 1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony | 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies 1507 The term America first used 1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico |
| Rosiana Witschi b.1801 ? d. ? | ![]() | ![]() | Hansli (Little John) Witschi b.1400 ? d. ? | |||||
| Johannas (John) Witschi b.1803 ? d. ? | ![]() | Rudolf Witschi b.1735 ? d.1801 ? | | |||||
| Elizabeth Witchey b.1805 near Berne, Switzerland d.1887 Swissdale, Pa. | Johannas Witschi b.1776 ? d. ?? | |||||||
| Cathriana Witschi b.1810 ? d. ? | ![]() | Cathriana Stotzer b.1746 ? d.1827 ? | ||||||
| Jacob Witschi b.1813 ? d. ? | ![]() | |||||||
| Johnn Fredrick Witschi b.1815 ? d. ? | ||||||||
| Anna Magdalena Witschi b.1818 ? d. ? | Cathriana Gfeller b.1779 ? d. ? | |||||||
| Maria Witschi b.1880 ? d. ? | ||||||||
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