View Genealogy for Venezula 'Zula' Howard (1891-1960)

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Venezula 'Zula' Howard

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		Rena Howard 1/26/1853 - 4/30/1944

About Venezula 'Zula' Howard

Venezula 'Zula' Howard
1891 - 1960
(Shown at age 39)

Venezula 'Zula' Howard was born about 1891 in Calhoun County, Georgia and died about 1960 in Dougherty County, Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 69 years old.

Her first name may have been Susan. She married William Bunk Moody (5/25/1885 - 2/12 /1921).

Census	6/4/1900	Militia District 1123 GA (Calhoun County)	9 yrs old
#47 - Ellen Howard (47 , June 1853) and daughter Bessie (9, Jan. 1891) both born in GA. Ellen's father was born in GA, mother in AL. Ellen is a dress maker,she is single, she has had two children, one is living. Bessie attends school. next door the family of Mary A. and Willie Aycock
Marriage	3/25/1906	GA (Calhoun County)	15 yrs old
Click here to see a copy of the marriage license. Mr. Bunk Moody and Miss Zula Howard are married.
Census	4/29/1910	Militia District 1123 GA ( Calhoun County)	19 yrs old
Bunch Moody (age23), Zula Moody (19) & stepmother - Renna Howard (50). William and Zula have been married three years with no children. All born in GA.
Other	1/1/1918	Columbus GA (Muscogee County)	27 yrs old
Name: Bunk Moody, Gender: Male, Residence Year: 1918, Street address: 502 14th Street, Residence Place: Columbus, Georgia, Occupation: Mill Operator, Spouse: Zula Moody, Publication Title: Columbus, Georgia, City Directory, 1918
Census	3/9/1920	Militia District 945 GA ( Dougherty County)	29 yrs old
78, 95 - William Moody (age23), Zula Moody (19) & stepmother - Rena Howard (50). William and Zula have been married three years with no children. All born in GA. William and Zula were born in GA, Rena in AL. They rent their home. Their are laborers at the cotton mill.
Death Certificate	2/12/1921	Albany GA (Dougherty County)	30 yrs old
Name: William Bunk Moody Birth Date: abt 1887 Birth Place: Calhoun County, Georgia Death Date: Feb 12, 1921 Death Place: Albany, Dougherty Death Age: 34 Race: White Ethnicity: American Marital Status: Married Gender: Male Father Name: W. H. Moody Mother Name: Sarah Wheeler Spouse Name: Vene Zuela Moody FHL Film Number: 2296801 burial at Morgan Methodist Cem. -W. B. Moody, b. 5/25/1885, d. 2/12/1921
Census	1/1/1930	Militia District 945 GA ( Dougherty County)	39 yrs old
143, 163 -Susan Moody (age 35) & mother - Rena Howard (75). Susan is a widow, was married at age 20, born in GA,as was her parents. Rena is a widow,was married at age 19, born in GA, parents born in AL. They rent their home, value $8. Susan is a shearer at a cotton mill.
Census	1/1/1940	Albany GA (Dougherty County)	49 yrs old
528, 175 -Venezula Moody (age 48) & mother - Rene Howard (83). They rent their home, value $9. They are both widows. Venezula was born in GA, Rene in AL. Venezula completed the 6th grade in school, Rene the 2nd. Venezula is a housekeeper with the W.P.A. They lived at the same place in 1935.
Other	1/1/1949	Albany GA (Dougherty County)	58 yrs old
Name: Zula H. Moody, Gender: Female, Residence Year: 1949, Street address: 523 9th Ave., Residence Place: Albany, Georgia, Publication Title: Albany, Georgia, City Directory, 1949

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Age	Date	Event
14	1905	Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed.
21	1912	Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed.
23	1914	Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed.
26	1917	Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed.
29	1920	Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed.
33	1924	Peach County is formed.

Age	Date	Event
4	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
6	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
9	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
9	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.
10	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
11	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
12	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
13	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
15	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
15	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
15	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
21	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
22	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
23	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
32	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
32	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
33	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
35	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
36	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
37	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
45	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
47	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
55	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
56	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
60	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
61	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
66	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.
69	1960	The ruby laser was created by Maiman

Age	Date	Event
17	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
21	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
22	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
26	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.
28	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
47	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
48	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
50	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.
59	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
64	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
69	1960	NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public

Age	Date	Event
18	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
19	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.
36	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
38	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
39	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
41	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
42	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!
43	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.
43	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
44	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
48	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
52	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.
53	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
54	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
63	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.

Age	Date	Event
18	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
23	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.
26	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
28	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
29	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.
47	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
48	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.
54	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Bunk and Zulla

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William Moody
Born on May 25, 1887 and died on February 12, 1921.
They were married 3/2/1906.

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