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Wilhelmina Suess Born in South Russia
Her parents were from Poland and her great-grandfather was from Germany. She helps to prove that my papa was right that he was 100% german. In the picture is her husband Michael Patzer who was also from germany. -
Benicia becomes the Capitol of California
On January 3, 1853, the fourth session began in Vallejo but
moved mid-session — to the newly constructed
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The Patzer's Immigrate to America
Wilhelmina Suess, 4th great-grandmother, immigrated to the US with her six children through Ellis Island. -
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World War I
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Carl Erickson Registers for Draft
He did end up going into the military. When he came back, his first wife didn't want anything to do with him so he married again. The dates don't line up for him to have fought in either WWI or WWII. -
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World War II
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LeRoy and Orlean Marry
Roy and "Sunny": There is a beautiful newspaper clip describing their wedding. -
Blizzard of 1968
My grandmother remember that there was just so much snow. The drifts were like 3 feet high. She was slipping and sliding down the road to get to school and had to stop to scrap off her window while she drove because she didn't have to defrost. -
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Occupation of Alcatraz
19-month protest led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means and John Trudell. "The protest group chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT) for themselves.[1] IOAT claimed that, under the Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the Lakota tribe, all retired, abandoned, or out-of-use federal land was to be returned to the Indians who once occupied it." -
Gene Patzer and Sue Patzer Marry
My grandparents were married when they were 19 and 20. -
The Patzer's move to Vallejo
Gene, Sue, Jeremie and Joshua Patzer move from San Leandro to Vallejo, CA -
Space Shuttle Challenger
My mom described watching this LIVE in school as a child and that everyone was so excited for the launch. They counted down, and then they had to watch helplessly while it exploded in the sky. She was only 9 years old and most likely in 3rd grade. -
1989 World Series
The game on October 17 was responsible for saving many lives this day as it was the same day as the Loma Prieta earthquake. One of those lives saved was my grandfather's. -
1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
This earthquake was crazy. My grandfather should have been stuck and killed beneath the Cypress Viaduct. The day that this happened, the 1989 World Series was happening between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's. Because of this, the roads were cleared than usual and my papa left work earlier to miss the traffic. Good thing, because when the earthquake hit, he had just made it off of the cypress. He would have been driving on the bottom layer -
Solomon Jones and Sarah Patzer Married
My parents were married. -
(Me) Hannah Jones Born
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September 11 Attacks
"The September 11 attacks, also commonly referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001." -
COVID-19 Pandemic
