Genealogy for
Susan Davis
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Susan Davis 4/27/1873 - 11/15/1973 (Shown at age 27)
| Susan Davis was born on April 27, 1873 in Geneva County, Alabama and died in an unknown year in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama. She lived to be 100 years old.
Susan and Tim had two children: Josephine Elise Martin (1899) and Carrie Martin (3/4/1902 to 8/2/1902).
Burial at Christain Home Cemetary, Geneva County, AL. |
| Census | 6/11/1880 | District 79, East Half AL (Geneva County) | 7 yrs old | The family of James M. Davis is listed as: Mary (wife, age 41), Julia (daughter, age 21), Jonas (son, 19), James M. (son, 17), John G. (son, 16), Malissy (daughter, 18), Ramsy (daughter, 11), Allen (son, 9), Arisy [Nicey] (daughter, 7), Susan (daughter, 5), Betsy (daughter, 3), Carrie (daughter, 1) and Joseph (son, 10 months). The three oldest sons list their occupation as day laborers. James lists his as farmer. Everyone was born in AL except James Sr., who was born in Georgia. His father was born in AL and mother GA. Mary keeps house, born in GA, as were her parents. |
| Census | 6/20/1900 | Wrights Creek AL (Geneva County) | 27 yrs old | Household 33, changed to 224, family #53, changed to 274: Timothy Martin (age 25), Susan Martin (27), Josephine Martin (1). Susan and Tim have been married 3 years, Tim is a farmer, his father was born in GA & mother AL. Susan's father was born in GA & mother AL. Living next door is Jacob A. Martin (age 25) and his family. Also on the page Annabel Martin (45) with family.
Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1900: A courthouse fire in 1898 destroys many county records. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 4/22/1910 | Sandy Creek AL (Walton County) | 37 yrs old | Household#105, family#106: William T Martin (age 35) Susan Martin (37) Elsie Martin (11) Susan and Tim have been married 12 years, Tim is a Blacksmith, his father was born in GA & mother AL. Susan's father was born in GA & mother AL. All can read & write. Elise attends school.
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| Census | 4/22/1930 | Malvern AL (Geneva County) | 57 yrs old | family# 32: William T. Martin (age 57), Susan Martin (59), & Elsie Martin (32) William was born in GA as were his parents, Susan was born in AL as were her parents. Elise was born in AL, she states she is single. William is a farmer. William and Susan have been married 25 years.
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| Other | 2/29/1956 | AL (Geneva County) | 82 yrs old | Susan Davis Martin of Gevena County, Alabama, says she is 86 years of age. The attached two photographs are true pictures of her mother, Mary Ward Davis, the daughter of Elizabeth English Ward the Creek Indian and James B. Ward. She has had these pictures in her possession since the death of her mother Mary Ward Davis and she knows they are true pictures of her. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 11/17/1973 | AL (Geneva County) | 100 yrs old | Christian Home Church Cemetery. - 0307 Martin, Susan, 27 Apr 1873 to 17 Nov 1973 , 0308; P, 0307-0309
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Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
6 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
16 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
22 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
24 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
27 |
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. |
27 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
28 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
29 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
30 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
31 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
33 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
33 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
33 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
39 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
40 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
41 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
50 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
50 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
51 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
53 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
54 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
55 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
63 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
65 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
73 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
74 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
78 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
79 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
84 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
87 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
89 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
92 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
98 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
Age | Date | Event |
9 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
12 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
35 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
39 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
40 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
44 |
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. |
46 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
65 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
66 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
68 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
77 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
82 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
87 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
90 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
96 |
1969 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. |
97 |
1970 |
NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
3 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
36 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
37 |
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. |
54 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
56 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
57 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
59 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
60 |
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! |
61 |
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. |
61 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
62 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
66 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
70 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
71 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
72 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
81 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
89 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
93 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
94 |
1967 |
Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. |
98 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
99 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
100 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
Age | Date | Event |
36 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
41 |
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. |
44 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
46 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
47 |
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. |
65 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
66 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
72 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Susan Martin
Tim & Susan Martin |
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| William Martin Born on May 28, 1873 and died on January 28, 1950. They were married 1/1/1897.
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The Children of Susan Davis
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Josephine Elsie Martin Born in Geneva County, Alabama on October 25, 1898 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on May 2, 1987. She was 88 years old.
She married Marvin Bottoms Children: Betty Sue Bottoms (2/27/1933-4/10/2013)...
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