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William 'Billie' Ann Eliza Farr
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William 'Billie' Ann Eliza Farr
8/21/1864 - 8/21/1937
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William 'Billie' Ann Eliza Farr was born on August 21, 1864 somewhere in Florida and died on August 21, 1937 in Sopchoppy , Wakulla County, Florida. She lived to be 73 years old.
She married John Fradosia and they are believed to have had four children. Names of their children are believed to be William "Willie" Fradosia (born 7/1888), Mary Henrietta Holly Fradosia, Ellen Farr Fradosia and the fourth is unknown Fradosia.
Billie states in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census that she is a widow.
The full name shown on her tombstone reads W.A.E. Billie Freddosia. Her husband and two of her children are also buried in the same cemetery. | 
 | Census | 7/1/1870 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 5 yrs old | Recorded as dwelling #71: Henrietta Farr is listed as a 53 year old Housekeeper. Ellen (age 26) and Ann Eliza (age 6) also live with her. Henrietta estimates the value of her real estate to be $100 and personal estate to be $175. Henrietta's place of birth is listed as North Carolina. Florida is listed as the place of birth for both girls. Jackson J. Roberts (age 28, white male, farmer, born in FL) is listed as part of Henrietta's household.  |
| Census | 6/14/1880 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 15 yrs old | Recorded as family #55: Henritta Fair (mother, age 64), Ellen Fair (daughter, age 35), W.A.G. Fair (grand daughter, age 16). Henretta was born in SC and so were her parents. Ellen was born in FL and both her parents in SC. W.A.G. was born in FL as were both of her parents. All three are at home (not employed).
| Additional information about Wakulla County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/1/1885 | FL (Wakulla County) | 20 yrs old | | page 47, #2 - Henrietta Fair (age 60),
Ellen Hally (42) and W. A. Hally (21). Henrietta is a farmer, born in NC, her parents were born in NC, no mark for married, single or widow. Ellen was born in FL, she is a widow. W.A. was born in FL, she is single.
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| Census | 6/6/1900 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 35 yrs old | | Listed as family #56: Henrietta Farr (a widow, age 90, born 4/1810 in NC), Ellen (her unmarried daughter, age 56, born 1/1844 in FL), Mrs. William Freddoso (her widowed grand daughter, age 35, born 8/1864 in FL) and William Freddoso (her grandson, age 11, born 7/1888 in FL). Henrietta and her parents were born in NC. William's father was born in Italy and his mother in FL. Everyone else was born in FL. Ellen & Mrs. Freddoso say they are farmer labors. William attends school. Henrietta has given birth to two children and only one is currently living (her daughter Ellen). Her grand daughter, Mrs. Freddoso, has given birth to one child who is also still living. |
| Census | 5/20/1910 | precent 3 FL (Wakulla County) | 45 yrs old | | Listed family #172: Henrietta Farr (widowed, age 94), Ellen (her widowed daughter, age 66), Mrs. William Fraddoria (her widowed daughter, age 45), and William Fraddoria (her grandson, age 31). Henrietta and her mother were born in NC while her father was born in the United States. William's father was born in Italy. Everyone else was born in FL. Henretta has given birth to two children and one is still living. William is employed as a carotene haller (Kerosene hauler?). All can read and write. |
| Census | 1/22/1920 | Smith Creek, Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 55 yrs old | | Listed as dwelling #183 at 148 Curtis Mill Road: Willie E. Fradosio (widow, female, age 55) and John W Fradosio (unmarried son, male, age 32). Willie owns her house. Both can read and write. Willie and her mother were born in FL, her father in U.S. John and his mother were born in FL and his father in Italy. They are farmers working a general farm. |
| Census | 1/1/1935 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 70 yrs old | | Recorded on page 6, line 50: Billy Fraddosia (age 70), was born in FL, she own her home and doesn't list she went to school. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/21/1937 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 73 yrs old | | W. A. E. Billy Fraddosia - 21 Aug 1864 to 21 Aug 1937 - West Sopchoppy Cemetery. |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 18 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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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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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 13 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 15 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 25 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 31 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 33 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 36 |
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. |
| 36 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 37 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 38 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 39 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 40 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 42 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 42 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 42 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 48 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 63 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 64 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 72 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
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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. |
| 44 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 48 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 49 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 53 |
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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 12 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 45 |
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. |
| 63 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 65 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 69 |
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! |
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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. |
| 70 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 71 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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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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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. |
| 53 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 56 |
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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| John Fraddosio
Born about 1860 and died about 1900
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John William Fraddosio
Born in Sopchoppy, Wakulla County, Florida on July 31, 1888 and died in Sopchoppy, Florida on September 4, 1932. He was 44 years old.
No known children. Burial at West Sopchoppy Cemetery....
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