Timeline

The following is a **timeline** of the events in the 2017 game *What Remains of Edith Finch.*

## 1900s

### 1917

* **April 8** - Edie Finch is born to Odin and Ingeborg Finch.

### 1928

* Edie adopts a parakeet named Churpy.

**1937**

* Odin's wife Ingeborg and son Johann die.

#### December

* **December 11** - Molly Finch is born to Edie and Sven Finch.
* Odin Finch sails his family and his house from Norway to Orcas Island, Washington.
* High waves sink the boat and the house, killing Odin.

### 1942

* Molly adopts a goldfish named Christopher.

### 1944

* **October 31** - Barbara Finch is born to Edie and Sven Finch.

### 1947

#### December

* **December 13** - Molly Finch dies from eating toothpaste, holly berries, and gerbil food.
* Christopher the goldfish dies.

### 1950

* **April 25** - Sam and Calvin Finch are born to Edie and Sven Finch.

### 1952

* Edie adopts a cockatiel named Lurpy.
* **August 26** - Walter Finch is born to Edie and Sven Finch.

### 1960

* **October 31** - Barbara Finch dies under mysterious circumstances.
* After Barbara's funeral, Sam and Calvin swore never to be afraid again.

### 1961

* **September 23** - Calvin Finch dies by swinging off a cliff and into the ocean.
* **October** - "Dreadful Stories" publishes a comic about Barbara's death.

### 1964

* **August 26** - Sven Finch dies after falling from a dragon-shaped slide which collapsed on top of him in the pond.

### 1966

* **September 6** - Sanjay Kumar is born.

### 1968

* Sam Finch enlists in the army and leaves the house.
* Edie adopts a lovebird named Durpy.
* **May 7** - Dawn Finch is born to Sam Finch and Kay Carlyle.
* **November 15** - Walter moves into a bunker in the basement.

### 1969

* Lucy the dog dies.
* **June 20** - Gus Finch is born to Sam Finch and Kay Carlyle.

### 1976

* **January 12** - Gregory Finch is born to Sam Finch and Kay Carlyle.

### 1977

* **October 31** - Sam first signs the divorce papers.
* **December 7** - Sam and Kay divorce.
* **December 19** - Gregory Finch dies after drowning in the bath.

### 1979

* Purply the parakeet dies.
* Coco the pet dies.

### 1980

* Edie adopts a snake named Bob.
* Edie adopts a lizard named Rob.
* A dog named Bob is adopted.

### 1982

* **November 8** - Sam Finch remarries. Gus Finch dies after being left out in a hurricane.

### 1983

* **June 16** - Sam Finch dies after falling off a cliff on a hunting trip with his daughter Dawn.

### 1984

* Bob the snake dies.
* Bob the dog dies.

### 1986

* Dawn and Sanjay meet in Calcutta during a volunteer trip.
* **August 18** - Dawn and Sanjay begin dating.

### 1987

* **June 12** - Dawn flies to India to teach English.
* Dawn and Sanjay get married.

### 1988

* Edie adopts a parakeet named Furpy.
* A pet named Tucker is adopted.
* Shadow the cat dies.
* **December 27** - Lewis Finch is born to Dawn and Sanjay.

### 1989

* Forest fires hit Orcas Island. Edie refuses to leave the house.
* Oliver the rabbit dies.

### 1991

* Furpy the parakeet dies.
* Tucker the pet dies.

### 1992

* Edie adopts an owl named Zurpy.
* **May 19** - Milton Finch is born to Dawn and Sanjay.

### 1993

* A cat named Charlie is adopted.
* Daisy the pet dies.

### 1995

* Zurpy the owl dies.
* A dog named Schatzi is adopted.

### 1999

* **February 14** - Edith Finch is born to Dawn and Sanjay. According to Edie, on that day an earthquake in the ocean allowed Edie to approach the old house.

## 2000s

* Dawn Finch adopts a stray calico cat and names it Molly.

### 2002

* **February 22** - Sanjay dies in an earthquake during a relief mission.
* Dawn moves herself and her children in with Edie.
* Lewis finds the secret passageways between rooms. He presumably tells Milton, who paints the walls (a cat outside Molly's room, a swing outside Sam and Calvin's room, and a jack-o'-lantern outside Barbara's room).

* **May 19** - Edie Finch gives Milton Finch a castle for his birthday.

### 2003

* **October 23** - Milton Finch goes missing. A flip book on his desk depicts Milton using a magic paintbrush to make a flip book depicting him painting a door, then stepping through, bowing, and closing the door behind him. The paintbrush itself rests on his desk, and the painting of the door matches the door to his room.

### 2004

* Dawn Finch seals all the doors in the Finch house. Edie retaliates and drills peepholes.

### 2005

* **March 31** - Walter leaves the bunker and dies after being hit by a train.

### 2010

* **January** - Lewis begins seeking treatment for substance abuse, realizes the monotony of his daily life, and begins to live in a fantasy.
* **November 21** - Lewis Finch commits suicide.
* **November 23** - Lewis's psychiatrist writes the letter to Dawn.
* **December 4** - Dawn and Edith Finch leave the Finch house after a heated argument between Dawn and Edie.
* **December 5** - Edie Finch dies, presumably from mixing alcohol and medication the night before.

### 2016

* **May** - Edith Finch becomes pregnant with her son.
* **October 10** - Dawn Finch is hospitalized from an unknown illness.
* **October 12** - Dawn Finch dies.
* Edith Finch inherits the Finch house. Her mother bequeaths Edith a key in her will, and Edith returns to the house.

### 2017

* January 18 - Edith Finch dies giving birth to her son, Christopher.

## Notes

* While Molly had a pet gerbil, and Edith had at least 3, the dates of their adoption and death are unknown.
* There are two unmarked graves in the pet cemetery, presumably for Bob the snake and Rob the lizard. Two other graves depict a fish and a rabbit, but no names or dates are listed.

1. ↑ *"For 500 hundred years the Finches have been famous through-out Norway for their fortune... and misfortune."*
2. ↑ *"'Edie' Won't Go! 72 Year Old Woman Refuses to Evacuate Because of "A Little Forest Fire"*
3. ↑ *"I never would have come when I was 22 weeks pregnant."*