Peacock/Mulitsch/Donner/Spittler Family History Timeline

Simon Mulits born in Nagy Medves, Hungary.

1813

Nagy Medves, Hungary is now called Grossmurbisch, Austria. This village was given to Austria in the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.

Elijah Peacock born in Hardy, Virginia.

Dec 4, 1820

William McClain born Newtownards, Ireland.

May 12, 1832

Queen Victoria crowned.

1837

Elvina McQuown born in Iowa.

Feb 28, 1837

János Unger born in Strem, Hungary.

Nov 25, 1840

George Donner Sr. born in Philadelphia, PA.

1843

Johanna Traubmann Unger born in Szentkut, Hungary.

May 26, 1846

Catherine Herberger Donner born in Erie, NY.

Aug 20, 1846

William Morgan Peacock born in Hardy, West Virginia.

Jun 12, 1847

Mathias Hufnagel born in New York.

1848

Ferencz Mulits born in Szentmiklos, Vas, Hungary.

Apr 26, 1850

Johanna Simon Mulits born in Szentkut, Hungary.

Aug 24, 1851

Hetta Elizabeth Reighley Moore born in Marion, Kentucky.

Jun 16, 1852

John Alfred Moore born in Marion, Kentucky.

Nov 30, 1852

Martha Ellen Cornman Peacock born in Armstrong, Pennsylvania.

Apr 25, 1853

Margaret Duethorn Hufnagel born in Clarence, New York.

Jun 15, 1854

William McClain and Elvina McQuown marry in Henry, Iowa.

Sep 27, 1855

Charles Edwin Booth born in Guernsey, Ohio.

Mar 20, 1859

Johann Friederich Spittler was born in Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg, Germany.

Jun 30, 1860

Sophia Katherine Creyaufmuller Spittler was born in Niedernhall, Künzelsau, Württemberg, Germany.

Dec 7, 1862

Elvina McClain Booth born in Iowa.

Feb 18, 1864

US Civil War ends. Slavery is abolished. Lincoln is assassinated.

1865

Austria-Hungary Dual Monarchy Established.

1867

William Morgan Peacock and Martha Cornman marry in Rushville, Illinois.

Dec 22, 1872

Oscar Lee Peacock born in Schuyler, Illinois.

Sep 21, 1873

Mathias Hufnagel and Margaret Duethorn marry in Swormville, New York.

Apr 28, 1874

George Bernard Donner born in Evansville, Illinois.

Dec 4, 1875

Theresa Hufnagel Donner born in Clarence, New York.

Oct 13, 1877

Thomas Edison invents electric light.

1879

Ignatius Mulitsch born in Szombatfa, Hungary (now Sumetendorf, Austria).

Dec 1, 1879

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Elizabeth Alice Booth Peacock born in Madison, Iowa.

Jan 7, 1883

Amalia Unger Mulitsch born in Strem, Hungary (now Strem, Austria).

Jul 9, 1884

Statue of Liberty dedicated.

1886

Zula Alma Moore Spittler born in Laddonia, Missouri.

Apr 26, 1886

George John Spittler born in Louisville, Kentucky.

Mar 6, 1888

Ignatz Mulitsch immigrates to America on the SS Friesland.

Feb 19, 1902

Geo B Donner and Theresa Hufnagel marry in Swormville, NY.

Nov 25, 1902

Amalia Unger Mulitsch immigrates to America on SS Kroonsland.

Feb 25, 1903

(Here is a video of passengers enjoying games on the SS Kroonsland. Amelia is not in the video lol.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8H2DwUAbI)
[An interesting link to info on the Kroonland.] https://www.titanicinquiry.org/ships/kroonland.php

Oscar Peacock and Lizzie Booth marry in Madison, Iowa.

Mar 2, 1903

Worlds Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.

1904

William Morgan Peacock shot by Wm Thornburg in Davenport, Iowa. Wm Peacocks son, Fred, dies in the skirmish.

1904

Ignatz Mulitsch and Amalia Unger Marry in Nazareth, PA.

May 9, 1904

John Stefan Mulitsch born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Aug 29, 1907

George Spittler and Zula Moore marry in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jun 25, 1908

George Donner donates 1 acre of his farmland for Fairview School.

1909

Ignatz Mulitsch build house 8569 Oriole Ave in St. Louis, MO.

1909

Mary Frances Donner Peacock born in St. Clair, Missouri.

Jan 20, 1909

Ignatz Mulitsch and Frau (Amelia) buys lot of 8569 Oriole in Baden, MO for $480.

Aug 23, 1909

News point in German-language Amerika newspaper in St. Louis, MO.

Hazel Marie Spittler Mulitsch born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Apr 27, 1911

Curtis Dale Peacock born in Davenport, Iowa.

Aug 2, 1913

Ignatz Mulitsch pays off land of 8569 Oriole Ave lot in St Louis.

Jan 26, 1915

Theresa Hufnagel Donner dies in St. Clair, MO.

Apr 2, 1915

Geo Donner and his 7 children move to Benson, NE to live with his parents after his wife dies.

1916

When Mary F. Donner was six her mom died and the family went to stay with her dads parents in Benson, Nebraska. They stayed there for several years. When the younger children became too much for the grandparents to take care of, Lillian, Mary, Ray, and Joe went to St. James Orphanage. The children were in the home for three school years and two summers. The family returned to St. Clair, Missouri in 1920 to live on their farm, which had been rented out while the family stayed in Nebraska.

US Involvement in World War 1

1917

Hungarian Empire is broken up at end of WW1.

1918

Geo B Donner visits St. Clair, MO from Nebraska to look after his farm interests.

Jan 11, 1918

Oscar and Lizzie Peacock buy 40 acres in St. Clair, MO from Hiram Webb.

Oct 25, 1918

They paid $950 for 40 acres in Section 10 in Township 41-1West. This land fronts Peacock Farm Road, which was named after this farm, Oscar Peacocks farm.

Geo and Catherine Donner 50th Wedding Anniversary

Feb 6, 1919

Celebrated in Crofton, NE at St. Rose Church.

Prohibition Begins.

1920

Treaty of Trianon.

1920

The re-defining of Hungary's borders leaves a third of native Hungarian speakers living outside the country.

Geo B Donner moves his family back to St. Clair, MO.

1920

George Donner Sr dies in Sioux City, Iowa.

Jan 20, 1926

Curtis Peacock, janitor at Fairview School in St. Clair, MO, was sick for a week. Mary Donner visited friends..

1928

Oscar Peacock hit by a car on Route 66.

Oct 29, 1928

Wall Street Market Crash.

1929

John Mulitsch and Hazel Spittler marry in St. Louis, MO.

Jan 17, 1930

John Mulitsch graduates from Police Academy.

Dec 26, 1931

Prohibition Ends.

1933

Zula Spittler, John Mulitsch and Hazel Spittler Mulitsch pose for a pic.

Jun 17, 1934

Barn Dance at Geo Donners barn.

Jun 21, 1934

Curtis Peacock and Mary Donner Marry.

May 1, 1935

Joseph Curtis Peacock born in St. Clair, Missouri.

May 12, 1936

Curtis and Mary Peacock move to Gray Summit, MO.

1937

Zula Moore Spittler dies in St. Louis, MO.

Nov 24, 1937

Muriel Lee Mulitsch born in St. Louis, Missouri.

May 14, 1938

Curtis Peacock and family move from Gray Summit to St. Clair, MO.

1940

World War 2

1941

John and Hazel Mulitsch and children Robert and Muriel lived at 5256a St. Louis Ave, St. Louis MO.

1941

Curtis Peacock works in Leadville, CO

Oct 22, 1942

Curtis worked in Leadville while his wife Mary and children lived with her father, Geo Donner in St. Clair, Mo. Mary was left with a 6, 5, 3, 2 year old and a new born baby girl.

Curtis Peacock family moves to Ferguson, MO.

1943

JC Peacock goes to St. John and James gradeschool. They live at 10132 Imperial Drive in Moline Acres, near Ferguson.

Amalia Unger Mulitsch dies in St. Louis, MO.

Feb 28, 1943

Soviet occupation and Communist Rule in Hungary.

1947

James Dale Peacock drowns in Moline Acres, MO.

May 15, 1947

Jimmy Peacock drowned in Maline Creek at age 9.

Korean War

1950

Joseph Peacock graduates from Riverview High School.

1954

Muriel Mulitsch graduates from St. Marks High School in St. Louis, MO.

1956

Oscar Lee Peacock dies in St. Clair, MO.

Sep 14, 1956

Elizabeth Alice Booth Peacock died in St. Clair, MO.

Apr 22, 1961

Joseph Peacock joins Air Force.

Nov 1, 1961

Joseph is stationed in Toul-Rosieres Air Force Base in Northern France in Nov 1961. He returned home in July 1962.

Joseph Peacock and Muriel Mulitsch marry in St. Louis, MO.

Nov 24, 1962

They marry at St. Edwards Catholic Church in St. Louis, MO. Their wedding breakfast was at Romines Restaurant in Baden, MO.

Peacock Estates built across from Oscar and Lizzie Peacock's farm in St. Clair, MO.

1964

First Man on the Moon

1969

George Donner dies in St. Clair, MO.

Dec 1, 1969

John S. Mulitsch dies in St. Louis, MO.

Nov 8, 1978

Communism in Hungary is dismantled.

1989

Hazel Spittler Mulitsch dies in St. Louis, MO.

Jun 18, 1995

Mary Frances Donner Peacock dies in St. Louis, MO.

Mar 5, 2000