Genealogy for
Edmund Sinclair Streetman
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Edmund Sinclair Streetman
7/13/1869 - 10/4/1934
(Shown at age 54)
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Edmund Sinclair Streetman was born on July 13, 1869 in Taylor County, Georgia and died on October 4, 1934 in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida. He lived to be 65 years old.
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 | Census | 1/1/1900 | Stapleton GA (Jefferson County) | 30 yrs old |  Recorded as family #88: Jone Streetman (born 1851, age 48), Susie (wife, born 1853, age 46), Ed (son, born 1879, age 22), George (son, born 1882, age 22), John R. Hadden (Son-in-law, born 1878, age 20) and Irene Hadden (Grandson, born 1899, age 1). |
| Census | 4/29/1910 | Shiloah FL (Calhoun County) | 40 yrs old | | Recorded as family #205: E. S. Streetman (age 31), Anna (wife, age 32), Lillian (daughter, age 12), Emily (daughter, age 11), William (son, age 9), Myrtis (daughter, age 5). All were born in Georgia as were their parents. E. S. is a general farmer. E. S. and Anna were married when both were 15 years old. |
| Census | 1/28/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 50 yrs old | | Recorded as family #323: Edmund S. Streetman (age 45) is recorded with Annie L. (wife, age 42), Lillian (daughter, age 22) and Myrtice (daughter, age 16). All were born in Georgia as were their parents. All can read and write and Myrtice has been attending school. Edmund is employed as a gasoline agent and Lillian is working at the rail road office. |
| Census | 4/8/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 60 yrs old | | Recorded as family #198: Edmond S. Streetman (age 62) and Annie (wife, age 52). Edmond estimates the value of his real estate at $2, 000. Both were born in Georgia as were their parents. Edmond states his occupation as a mechanic working in an auto repair shop. |
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| 1 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 13 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 14 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 15 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 37 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 48 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 59 |
1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
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| 1 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 6 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 36 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 43 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 45 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 48 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 51 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 55 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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| 8 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 10 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 20 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 26 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 28 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 31 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 31 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 32 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 33 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 34 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 35 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 37 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 37 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 37 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 43 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 44 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 45 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 54 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 54 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 55 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 57 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 58 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 59 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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| 13 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 16 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 39 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 43 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 44 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 48 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 50 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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| 6 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 7 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 40 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 41 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 58 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 60 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 61 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 63 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 64 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
| 65 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 65 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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| 40 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 45 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 48 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 50 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 51 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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Born on December 5, 1876 and died on July 15, 1966
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Edith Emmaline Streetman
Born in Jakin, Georgia on March 29, 1899 and died in Blountstown, Florida on May 13, 1951. She was 52 years old.
Married 11/28/1915...
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