Genealogy for
Bessie L. Davis
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Bessie L. Davis 1913 - 3/1/1934
| Bessie L. Davis was born about 1913 in Marianna (Jackson County), Florida and died on March 1, 1934 in Calhoun County, Florida. Actual date of birth is unknown. She lived to be about 21 years old.
Married David E. Bright (11/9/1916 - 3/1987). |
| Census | 1/16/1920 | Blountstown precent 5 FL (Calhoun County) | 7 yrs old | Family #202: Robert (age 37), Mary (age 28), Bessie (age 6), Inez (age 1 1/2). Robert states his occupation as farm laborer. Robert & Mary say they can read and write. All were born in Florida as were their parents. |
| Marriage | 1/1/1933 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 20 yrs old | Name David E. Bright, bride:Bessie Davis,
County of Marriage Calhoun,
Marriage Date 1933,
Volume 227,
Certificate 15677,
Source Florida Department of Health
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| Other | 1/1/1934 | FL (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old | The death of Bessie Bright, a white female, was recorded in Calhoun County, FL in 1934 on certificate #21718. |
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Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
15 |
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. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
10 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
10 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
11 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
13 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
14 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
15 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
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. |
6 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
Age | Date | Event |
14 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
16 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
17 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
19 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
20 |
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! |
21 |
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. |
21 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
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. |
4 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
6 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
7 |
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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Robert Davis and Family |
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| David Bright Born on November 9, 1916 and died on an unknown day in March 1987. They were married 1/1/1933.
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