Genealogy for
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Frances Ayers
| About Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Frances Ayers |
|---|
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Frances Ayers
3/19/1897 - 5/24/1982
|
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Frances Ayers was born on March 19, 1897 somewhere in Florida and died on May 24, 1982 in Hastings, St. Johns County, Florida. She lived to be 85 years old.
Elizabeth and John had three children:
Thomas J. Davis
Silas Davis
Johnnie Mae Davis
After John's death, she married George Mathew Miller (11/17/1875 -6/30/1972) | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Board Head FL (Calhoun County) | 3 yrs old | Recorded as Family #688: John D. A. Ayers (age 24, born 2/1876), Mary P. (24, born 9/1875), Johanna (4, 10/1895), Frances E. (3, 3/1897), and Silas S. (age 1, born 12/1898). All were born in FL. John's parents were born in GA. John and Mary have been married for five years and Mary has given birth to 3 children. Three other Ayers families are neighbors: (1) Aca and Frances (age 56, 46); (2) William A. and Elizabeth (21, 22); and (3) James W. and Jessie (age 28, 23).
| 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. | 
|
|
| Census | 4/2/1930 | Hastings FL (St. Johns County) | 33 yrs old | | Recorded as family #12: George M. Miller (age 54), Elizabeth (age 33), Floyd G. (son, age 17), Katie (daughter, age 14), James (son, age 12), Mary (daughter, 8), Charles (son, 7), Padgett (son, 4), George Jr. (son, 3 & 4mos), Elzie (son, 1 & 9mos), T.J. Davis (step-son, 15), Silas Davis (step-son, 14), and John D. Ayers (brother-in-law, age 25). Everyone was born in FL except George Sr's mother, who was born in GA. Elizabeth was 16 when she was first married and George Sr. was 35 yrs old. All of the children ages 7 and up have been attending school. George is a farmer and the oldest boys are farm laborers. George estimates the value of his estate to be $3,500. |
| Census | 4/18/1940 | District 10 FL (St. Johns County) | 43 yrs old | | #121 -
George M. Miller (age 65),
Elizabeth Miller (45),
Charles Miller (17),
Pagett Miller (15),
George Miller Jr. (13),
step son -Thomas Davis (26),
step son -Silas Davis (25). All were born in FL. George is a farmer.
|
| Other | 5/1/1982 | Hastings FL (St. Johns County) | 85 yrs old | | Social Security Death Index: Elizabeth Miller, born March 19, 1897, died sometime in May during 1982. Last residence was in St. Johns County, Hastings, FL. Her social security number was issued about 1954 in Florida. |
| Other | 5/24/1982 | FL (St. Johns County) | 85 yrs old | | Florida Death Index: Francis Elizabeth Miller, born 3/19/1897, died May 24, 1982 in St. Johns County. She was a 85 years old and her race was white. |
|
- About
- Florida News
- Discoveries
- News Headlines
- U.S. Events
- World Events
Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Ayers's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Elizabeth 'Lizzie', her family, and friends. For example, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' is 12 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 9 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 20 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 31 |
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. |
| 60 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 65 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 82 |
1979 |
The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 3 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 3 |
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 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 5 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 6 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 7 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 9 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 9 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 9 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 15 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 16 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 17 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 26 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 26 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 27 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 29 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 30 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 31 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 39 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 41 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 49 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 50 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 54 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 55 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 60 |
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. |
| 63 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 65 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 68 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 74 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
| 77 |
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 |
| 78 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
| 82 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
| 84 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 11 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 15 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 16 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 20 |
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. |
| 22 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 41 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 42 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 44 |
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. |
| 53 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 58 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 63 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 66 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 72 |
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. |
| 73 |
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. |
| 80 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 12 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 13 |
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. |
| 30 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 32 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 33 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 35 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 36 |
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! |
| 37 |
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 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 38 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 42 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 46 |
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. |
| 47 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 48 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 57 |
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. |
| 65 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 69 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 70 |
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. |
| 74 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
| 75 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
| 76 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
| 80 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
| 84 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 12 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 17 |
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. |
| 20 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 22 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 23 |
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. |
| 41 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 42 |
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. |
| 48 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
| |
Marriages
|
|---|
| John Davis
Born on August 8, 1891 and died about 1917
|
|  |
The Children of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Frances Ayers
|
|---|
|
Thomas J. Davis
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 9, 1914 and died in Saint Johns County, Florida on August 20, 1981. He was 66 years old.
|
|
 |
 
|
|
Silas Franklin Davis
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on March 27, 1916 and died in Saint Johns County, Florida on March 18, 1991. He was 75 years old.
He married Agnes Ethel McQuaig....
|
|
|
|
|
