May Marie Bering, b: 1917 - Mikkelo, Oregon

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}




^{Montrose Madison Rice}^{b. d.}



		^{Samuel Pedersen Bering}^{b.1855 Skovb, : Sogn. Denmark d.1889 Grace, Washington}

	^{Petter Sorensen (Bjerring) Bering}^{b.1877 Blyth, Huron, Ontario d.1967 Port Orchard, Washington}	^{Mary (Marie) Madsen}^{b.1855 Skovbolling, Denmark d.1917 Snohomish , Washington}

^{May Marie Bering}^{b.1917 Mikkelo, Gilliam, Oregon d.1994 Port Orchard, Washington}

	^{Esther Cordellia McFarland}^{b.1884 Humbird Co., Wisconsin or Minnesota d.1968 Port Orchard, Washington}