Michael Lawrence McNamara, b: 1866 - County Clare, Ireland

^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}

^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}

^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}



		^{Timothy "Thady" McNamara}^{b. Ireland d.}

	^{Michael Lawrence McNamara}^{b.1866 Co. Clare, Ireland d.1960 Martinez, CA}

		^{Catherine "Kate" Movony}^{b. Ireland d.1960 Concord, CA}

^{Nicholas Joseph McNamara}^{b.1905 Elizabeth, Union Co., NJ d.1983 Oakland, CA}

		^{Nicholas Kavanaugh}^{b. Ireland d.}

	^{Helen Kavanaugh}^{b.1876 Dublin, Ireland d.1962 Martinez, CA}

		^Mary Carney^{b. d.}