Family Timeline
Key dates across all family branches: Walhus, Frauenthal, Ebsworth, King, Cinader, Aubuchon. 1830 to present.
1830
Mikkel Larsen Dahl born Dec 27, Gran parish, Hadeland, Norway
1834
Ingeborg Johannesdatter Vellufein born, Telemarken, Norway
1836
Max Frauenthal born Nov 11, Marienthal, Bavaria
1851
Mikkel emigrates to America (56 left Gran parish that year). 3 years in Wisconsin.
1852
Spring Grove, MN founded. First Norwegian settlement in Minnesota.
1855
First Norwegian Lutheran congregation, Spring Grove. Rev. Ulrik Koren.
1863
Dr. Henry Frauenthal born March 13, Wilkes-Barre, PA
1864
May 12: Max fights at the Bloody Angle, Spotsylvania. 24 hours of combat. "Fronthall" becomes slang for courage.
1867
Hermann Clay Frauenthal born (friend of Captain Smith)
1869
Max marries Sallie Jacobs. Barney W. Frauenthal born, White Haven, PA.
1871
Max moves to Conway Station, AR with railroad crew
1879
Max builds Conway's first brick building. Still stands at 904 Front Street.
1882
Sugar Loaf (later Heber Springs) incorporated. Max donates courthouse and Spring Park.
1883
Cleburne County created. Youngest of Arkansas's 75 counties.
1885
New Piasa Chautauqua founded on Mississippi River bluffs near Alton, IL
1889
Martin J. Walhus born, Spring Grove, MN
1894
St. Louis Union Station opens. Barney W. manages Bureau of Information.
1899
Algonquin Country Club founded (Ed Frauenthal's club). Roque invented.
1902
Barney W. publishes St. Louis guidebooks for the 1904 World's Fair
1903
Missouri Athletic Club founded (Ed's club; Truman, Lindbergh, Musial)
1904
St. Louis Olympics. Roque is Olympic sport. World's Fair draws 20M visitors.
1905
Henry and Hermann found the Hospital for Joint Diseases, Harlem, NYC
1909
Samuel Frauenthal appointed to Arkansas Supreme Court. First Jewish justice.
1911
Martin J. Walhus graduates U of MN dental school. Returns to Spring Grove.
1912
April 14-15: RMS Titanic sinks. Henry, Clara, Isaac survive in Lifeboat 5.
1914
March 8: Max Frauenthal dies. "Father of Heber Springs and Cleburne County."
1922
Jean Aubuchon born, St. Louis (daughter of Lucille Frauenthal)
1927
March 14: Dr. Henry Frauenthal dies. Ashes scattered from hospital roof 28 years later.
1928
Ingeborg Walhus dies at 94
1934
July 14: Twins Barney and Muriel Ebsworth born, St. Louis
1939
Choy Hok Peng brings tai chi to America. First teacher in the US.
1944
Dec 2, 7:40 AM: Paul Terry Walhus born, St. Louis
1945
Jean Aubuchon on Broadway in "Dream Girl" (348 performances)
1952
Frauenthal and Schwarz store closes after 80 years
1955
Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola on KMOX. Ed listens at Chautauqua.
1956
NYE: Barney meets Martine de Visme at USO party in France at midnight
1963
Oct 3: JFK dedicates Greers Ferry Dam in Heber Springs. 50 days before assassination.
1972
Emergency! premieres. 46 of 50 states enact paramedic laws within 3 years.
1973
Barney buys first O'Keeffe for $47,000. "You've bought her greatest picture."
1978
Dr. Martin J. Walhus dies. 50 years of dentistry in Spring Grove.
~1981
Barney marries Patricia Kloepfer at O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu. O'Keeffe is witness.
1982
Bob Cinader dies. Fire Station 127 named for him. Chautauqua listed on NRHP.
1994
Master Choy Kam Man dies. 3 decades of teaching Yang Style tai chi.
1996
Paul Walhus launches spring.com BBS in Austin
2001
Ebsworth Park created. Frank Lloyd Wright house named for Barney's parents.
2012
Barney publishes A World of Possibility (autobiography, 191 pages)
2017
Barney gives Smithsonian oral history at Hunts Point (2 days)
2018
April 9: Barney Ebsworth dies. Nov: Christie's sells collection for $323.1M.
2019
Hunts Point estate sold to Jeff Bezos for $37.5M. Jean Cinader dies at 96.
2026
April 1: WholeTech Network goes live. 108 websites. 108 tai chi movements.
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