Genealogy for
Alice Virgina Rigsby
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Alice Virgina Rigsby
1/5/1867 - 11/10/1913
(Shown at age 23)
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Alice Virgina Rigsby was born on 1/5/1867 in Randolph, GA and died on 11/10/1913 in Calhoun County, GA. She was 46 years old.
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 | Census | 8/1/1870 | Subdivision 146 GA (Randolph County) | 3 yrs old | | Listed as family #784: James Knight (age 30), Mary Ann Kinght (age 25), Martha Rigsby (age 24) and Alice Rigsby (age 3). James is a chair maker and his wife, Mary Ann, is keeping house. Martha is a domestic servant. James estimates the value of his real estate to be $300 and personal property $200. All were born in GA. James cannot write and Mary Ann and Martha cannot read or write. |
| Census | 6/17/1880 | District 61 GA (Randolph County) | 13 yrs old | | The Rigsbys are listed as part of family group #72. Head of household is James Knight who is married and has 3 daughters and a son. Martha Rigsby (white female, age 36) is listed as a boarder with her daughter Alice (age 13) and son Mark (age 10). She and her children were born in GA. |
| Census | 1/4/1900 | Cordray GA (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | | family # 21: W. J. Howard (age 44 -March 1856),
Allice Howard (33 - Jan.1867),
Ben Howard (14 -Apr.1886),
Minnie Howard (10 -Oct.1889),
Mattie Howard (5 - Apr.1895),
& Charlie Howard (2- Nov.1897). W. J. was born in AL as were his parents, Allice was born in GA, as were her parents. all children were born in GA. W.J. is a farmer, Ben is a farm laborer, Minnie attends school. all can read & write, except W.J., Mattie & Charles, Allice states they were married 20 yr., she had six children, four are living.
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| Census | 4/16/1910 | Morgan GA (Calhoun County) | 43 yrs old | | family# 30 -W. J. Howard (age54),
Alace V. Howard (43), Minnie Howard (18), Mattie Howard (15), Clarlie Howard (12)& J. C. Howard (4). W.J. & Alace have been married ten years and have five children. W.J. was born in AL, he doesn't know where his parents were born. Alace was born in GA, her father in AL and mother in GA. all children born in GA. W.J. can not read or write, all other can. Charlie, Mattie & J. C. attend school.
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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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. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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. |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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Marriages
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 | William 'Buck' Howard
Born on 4/12/1856 and died on 1/15/1950.
They were married about 1880.
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The Children of Alice Virgina Rigsby
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34 years old
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William Benjamin Howard
Born in Calhoun County, GA on 4/11/1886 and died in Geneva County, AL on 7/18/1935. He was 49 years old.
Burial at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Houston Co. AL.
Story: Bob the Dog
Told By Arlene Butler to Gale Wall. She remembers her mother, Mildred Snow, often tal...
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Alice Edna Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., GA about 1887 and died in Calhoun Co., GA about 1889. She was 2 years old.
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21 years old
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Minnie Lee Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 10/1/1889 and died in Terrell Co., GA about 1925. She was 36 years old.
Day of birth not known. She married James W.Turner (? -1923). They had four children:
Virginia Turner (1914),
James Turner (1916-2000),
Theda Turner (1919) &
Julia Lee Turner (1922-1993)....
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16 years old
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Mattie Eula Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 6/11/1894 and died in Randolph Co., GA on 9/15/1971. She was 77 years old.
She married Alexander Washington Smith Jr. Children:
Curtis Smith,
Phill Washington Smith (1912-1985),
Lula Virgina Smith (1913-1925),
Lila Gertrude Smith (1916),
Ruby Lee Smith,
Anne Lee ...
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Charles Harrison Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 11/23/1897 and died in an unknown location on 2/15/1925. He was 28 years old.
He married Mary Jane Daniel (1897-1974). They had two children:
Sarah Alice Howard &
Hillsman Rudolph Howard (?-2000).
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infant daughter Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 5/12/1900 and died in Calhoun Co., GA on 5/13/1900. She was 0 years old.
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Jesse Clyde Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., GA on 10/7/1905 and died in Albany, Dougherty Co., GA on 8/8/1988. He was 83 years old.
Married Leola_______(1906 - )....
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