Genealogy for
Martha Jane Vickers
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Martha Jane Vickers
11/20/1887 - 4/28/1918
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Martha Jane Vickers was born on November 20, 1887 somewhere in Georgia and died on April 28, 1918 in Coffee County, Georgia. She lived to be 30 years old.
She was called Mattie. She married Seward Harper Sr. | 
 | Marriage | 11/6/1902 | GA (Coffee County) | 14 yrs old | | Name: Mattie Vickers,
Gender: Female,
Marriage Date: Nov. 6, 1902,
Marriage Place: Coffee, Georgia,
Spouse:
Seward J. Harper |
| Census | 5/5/1910 | Pearson GA (Coffee County) | 22 yrs old | | Seward Harper
(22),
Matte Harper (22),
Molly Harper
(5),
Malcolm Harper
(4),
John Harper
(18). All were born in GA, as were their parents. Seward is a farmer. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 4/28/1918 | GA (Coffee County) | 30 yrs old | | Name: Martha Jane Harper,
Birth Date: Nov. 20, 1887,
Death Date: April 28, 1918,
Cemetery: Mora Cemetery,
Burial Place: Coffee County, Georgia |
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Martha, her family, and friends. For example, Martha is 22 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 27 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
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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 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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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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 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 26 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 27 |
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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| 21 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 26 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 30 |
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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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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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 27 |
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. |
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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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 | Seward Harper
Born on January 30, 1877 and died on July 8, 1960.
They were married 11/6/1902.
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The Children of Martha Jane Vickers
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Malcolm James Harper
Born in Coffee County, Georgia on July 7, 1908 and died in Bartow, Florida on February 24, 1971. He was 62 years old.
He married Jeannie May Quick.
Children:
Juanita
Oviedia
Winston
2nd wife_____
children:
Buddy
Matti...
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