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Wiley Pickney Walker

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	Benjamin Chambers Walker Sr. 2/24/1882 - 1/29/1955	Viola Malita Todd 12/3/1882 - 9/12/1959

About Wiley Pickney Walker

Wiley Pickney Walker
5/12/1906 - 4/7/1984

Wiley Pickney Walker was born on May 12, 1906 in Paulsing County, Georgia and died on April 7, 1984 in an unknown place. He lived to be 77 years old.

On 10/3/1926 he married Clara Viola Phillips (b 3/21/1905) and they had one daughter named Thelma Eunice. Burial in Holly Hill Cemetery, Hwy. 29 S Fulton county., GA, Fairburn, GA

Census	5/6/1910	Chapel Hill GA (Douglas County)	3 yrs old
Click here to see a copy of the original document. Recorded as Dwelling #136, Family #137: Benj Walker (age 28), Viola (wife, age 28) and Wyley (son, age 3). Viola has given birth to one child and he is still living. Ben and Viola have been married seven years. All were born in GA as were their parents. English is their native language and both adults can read and write. Ben is a farmer working a general farm that they rent. The family of William Walker (age 55) is recorded on the same census page. William has his son and daughter-in-law living with him: Jeffie (son, age 19) and Effie (daughter-in-law, age 18). Jeffie and Effie have been married for 2 years and have no children. William's wife is deceased. Effie and Jeffie say they and their parents were born in GA. William says he was born in GA and his parents in SC. William Dunn (black male, age 13) appears to be living with them.
Census	1/15/1920	Weddington GA (Paulding County)	13 yrs old
Recorded as family #139: Ben C. Walker (age 37), Viola M. (wife, age 38), Wylie P. (son, age 13), William S. H. (son, age 8), B. C. (son, age 3 6/12). All were born in GA as were their parents. Their current home is rented and the children have not attended school during the past year. Ben, Viola and Wylie can read and write. Ben is employed as a farmer working on a general farm.
Other	4/7/1984	GA (Fulton County)	77 yrs old
Social Security Death Index: Wiley Walker, born 5/12/1906, died sometime in April 1984. His SSN was issued in GA before 1951 and his last known address was at zip code 30349 in Atlanta.

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Age	Date	Event
6	1912	Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed.
8	1914	Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed.
11	1917	Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed.
14	1920	Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed.
18	1924	Peach County is formed.

Age	Date	Event
6	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
7	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
8	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
17	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
17	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
18	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
20	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
21	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
22	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
30	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
32	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
40	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
41	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
45	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
46	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
51	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.
54	1960	The ruby laser was created by Maiman
56	1962	U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
59	1965	The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union
65	1971	The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union
68	1974	Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright
69	1975	Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography)
73	1979	First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination
75	1981	AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space.

Age	Date	Event
2	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
6	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
7	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
11	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.
13	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
32	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
33	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
35	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.
44	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
49	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
54	1960	NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
57	1963	NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
63	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.
64	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.
71	1977	NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time.
78	1984	NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft.

Age	Date	Event
3	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
4	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.
21	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
23	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
24	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
26	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
27	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!
28	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
28	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.
29	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
33	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
37	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.
38	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
39	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
48	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.
56	1962	The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
60	1966	The Black Panther party is founded.
61	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.
65	1971	Charles Manson is found guilt of murder.
66	1972	Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal.
67	1973	The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam.
71	1977	Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president.
75	1981	Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican)

Age	Date	Event
3	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
8	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.
11	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
13	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
14	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.
32	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
33	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.
39	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

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