Genealogy for
Winnie S. Bracewell
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Winnie S. Bracewell
8/28/1896 - 11/29/1971
(Shown at age 69)
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Winnie S. Bracewell was born on August 28, 1896 in Bristol, Florida and died on November 29, 1971 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 75 years old.
Her parents were Francis Arron Bracewell (1858-1917) and Richetta "Etta" Glenn (1867-1971)
She married Charles B. Halley and they had one son, Buford Eli , and two daughters, Virgie and Shirley. | 
 | Other | 8/28/1896 | FL (Liberty County) | 0 days old |  From Ancestry. com Family Data: Winnie Sevasti Bracewell was born in Rock Bluff, FL (Liberty County) on August 28, 1896. Her parents were Franklin Aaron Bracewell and Richidetta Glen. She died in 1971. |
| Census | 6/22/1900 | Bristol FL (Liberty County) | 3 yrs old | | Listed as family #428: Frank Bracewell (age 42), Etta (wife, age 33), Eli H. (son, age 11), Salesia (daughter, age 9), Rurrtis (son, age 8), Benne (son, age 6), Winnice (daughter, age 3), Mauipha (son, age 1), Demmie Glenn (mother-in-law, age 64). Frank was born in Florida and both of his parents were born in GA. Etta was born in FL, her father in GA and her mother in FL. All of the children were born in FL. The mother-in-law was born in Georgia and both of her parents were born in North Carolina. Frank's occupation is Farm Laborer and Cooper. Frank, Etta and Eli can read, write and speak English. The older children attended school 3 months during the past year. Frank and Etta have been married 13 years and Etta has given birth to seven children -- six of which are still living. |
| Marriage | 12/22/1913 | FL (Liberty County) | 17 yrs old | | Willie A. Gatlin and Winnie S. Bracewell are married on December 22, 1913 in Liberty County, FL. |
| Census | 4/12/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | | Listed as family #50: Charlie B. Halley (age 49), Winnie (wife, age 33), Wilma (daughter, age 15), Buford (son, age 9), Vergil (daughter, age 7) and Etta Bracewell (mother-in-law, age 63). Charlie was 38 years old and Winnie was 23 the first time they married. All three of the children have been attending school and Charlie, Winnie and Wilma can read and write. All were born in Florida and state their parents were also born in Florida. Charlie is a farmer working a general farm. He says he is not a veteran. |
| Census | 1/1/1935 | Precinct 1 FL (Calhoun County) | 38 yrs old | | page 57 -C.B. Halley (56),
Winnie Halley (33),Buford
Halley (14),Virgie
Halley (12),
Shirley Halley (1). All were born in FL.
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| Census | 1/1/1945 | Kinard FL (Calhoun County) | 48 yrs old | | Page 1 - C. B. Holley (64),Winnie (47), Buford (24),Shirley(11). All were born in FL. C.B. is a farmer. |
| Death Certificate | 11/29/1971 | FL (Escambia County) | 75 yrs old | | Florida Death Index, 1936-1998: Winnie S. Holley, born 8/28/1896, died November 29, 1971. She was 75 years old. |
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| 10 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 21 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 32 |
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. |
| 61 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 66 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 4 |
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. |
| 4 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 5 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 6 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 7 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 8 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 10 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 10 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 10 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 16 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 17 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 18 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 27 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 27 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 28 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 30 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 31 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 32 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 40 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 42 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 50 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
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1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 55 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
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1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 61 |
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. |
| 64 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 66 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 69 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 75 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
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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. |
| 17 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
| 23 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 42 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 43 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 45 |
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. |
| 54 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 59 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 64 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 67 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 73 |
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. |
| 74 |
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. |
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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. |
| 31 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 33 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 34 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 36 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 37 |
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. |
| 38 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 39 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 43 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 47 |
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. |
| 48 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 49 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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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. |
| 66 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 70 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 71 |
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. |
| 75 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
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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 |
| 18 |
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. |
| 21 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 23 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 24 |
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. |
| 42 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 43 |
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. |
| 49 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 Charlie and Winnie Halley |
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 | Willie Gatlin
Born about 1873 and died about 1973
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Born on July 9, 1880 and died on September 1, 1969.
They were married 11/6/1910.
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The Children of Winnie S. Bracewell
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Wilma Gatlin
Born in Liberty Co., Florida on January 12, 1912 and died in Blountstown, Florida on November 14, 2007. She was 95 years old.
She married John F. Bailey. They have nine children:
Frankie Nell
Charles Busby(1936-2000)
Elizabeth Ann (1939-1980)
Jonnie Rebecca (1/2/1941-8/11/1941)
John Wallice
Willian A. |
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Buford Eli Halley
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 9, 1920 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on October 21, 1990. He was 69 years old.
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Virgie Elizabeth Halley
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on February 18, 1923 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on April 2, 1973. She was 50 years old.
She married Carlos Peavy.
Children:
Linda Yvonne
Carlton
Sharon
Marlon ...
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