Genealogy for
Nellie Ethel Kelly
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Nellie Ethel Kelly 4/29/1898 - 6/25/1964 (Shown at age 43)
| Nellie Ethel Kelly was born on April 29, 1898 in Calhoun Co., Florida and died on June 25, 1964 somewhere in Florida. She lived to be 66 years old.
She married Arch Barbee in 1913. Children: Mary Alice (abt. 1926 - died at birth) Herman Floyd (8/16/1915) Winifred Dena Merle Brownie Vivian
2nd marriage to Mr. C. D. Clark (He left town after she found out he was going by an alias name, he ran a dime store before 1940.) She then married John O. Richards in 1940 in Jackson Co. FL. |
| Census | 1/1/1900 | Hansford Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 1 yrs old | family# 530 - William W. Kelley (age 35- born March 1865),
Sarah A. Kelley (22- March 1878),
James W. Kelley (6 - March 1894),
Nellie Ethel Kelley (4 -Nov. 1895),
Mandy S. Kelley (1 -Feb. 1899). James is a stepson. William and Sarah have been married 5 years, Sarah had 5 children, 3 are living. All were born in FL as were their parents. William is a laborer. William can read and write, Sarah can read, but not write.
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. |
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| Census | 4/29/1910 | Blountstown , District 3 FL (Calhoun County) | 12 yrs old | family #121: J W Peacock (age 66) is a farmer born in GA. His parents were born in US. Other members of his household are Susie Peacock (age 34, born in FL), Jim Parish (age 17, born in FL), Ethel Kelley (age 12, born in FL), and Maude Kelley (age 11, born in FL). |
| Census | 2/2/1920 | District 14 FL (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old | #434 - Arch Barbee (age 25),
Ethel Barbee (22),
Hearmond F. Barbee (4),
Myrle Barbee (1). All were born in FL. Occupation is a Groder in the
Lumber Industry. They rent their home.
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| Census | 4/5/1930 | District 1 FL (Calhoun County) | 31 yrs old | #108 -
Archie Barbee (age 38),
Nellie E. Barbee (32),
Herman F. Barbee (14),
Oscar M. Barbee (12),
Winifred Barbee (8),
William B. Barbee (6),
Vivian M. Barbee (6mo) and mother in law Suzie Peacock (54) she is a widow. All born in FL, as were their parents. Their street address is, Angle Street , the house not numbered. Home valued at $1000, they do not live on a farm. They do not have a radio. Archie was 22 and Nellie was 16 at the time of their marriage. Archie does not list occupation.
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Age | Date | Event |
8 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
19 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
30 |
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. |
59 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
64 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
2 |
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. |
3 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
4 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
5 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
6 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
8 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
8 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
8 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
14 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
15 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
16 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
25 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
25 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
26 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
28 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
29 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
30 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
38 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
40 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
48 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
49 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
53 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
54 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
59 |
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. |
62 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
64 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
Age | Date | Event |
10 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
14 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
15 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
19 |
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. |
21 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
40 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
41 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
43 |
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. |
52 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
57 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
62 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
65 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
Age | Date | Event |
11 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
12 |
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. |
29 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
31 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
32 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
34 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
35 |
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 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
36 |
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. |
37 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
41 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
45 |
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. |
46 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
47 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
56 |
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. |
64 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
Age | Date | Event |
11 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
16 |
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. |
19 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
21 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
22 |
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. |
40 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
41 |
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. |
47 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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| Arch Barbee Born on December 31, 1889 and died on May 19, 1931. They were married 1/1/1913.
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| | | John Richards Born on August 20, 1875 and died about 1964. They were married 1/1/1940.
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