Maria Margareta Mertens, b: 1907

^{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}




	^{Robert Leon Kintaert}^{b. d.}

^{Henri Kintaert}^{b. d.}

^{Marieken Kintaert}^{b. d.}

		^{Alfons Mertens}^{b. d.}

	^{Maria Margareta Mertens}^{b.1907 Oudegem, Belgium d.1978 Grimbergen, Belgium}		^{Adolf Blindeman}^{b.1857 Oudegem, Belgium d.1941 Oudegem, Belgium}

		^{Maria Celina Blindeman}^{b.1880 Oudegem, Belgium d.1956 Oudegem, Belgium}	^{Rosalie Van Mingroot}^{b. d.}