Genealogy for
Isabella America Akin
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Isabella America Akin
1/19/1863 - 9/14/1909
(Shown at age 42)
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Isabella America Akin was born on January 19, 1863 in Spalding, Georgia and died on September 14, 1909 in Douglas, Georgia. She lived to be 46 years old.
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 | Census | 6/18/1900 | Chapel Hill GA (Douglas County) | 37 yrs old | | Recorded as Dwelling #460, Family #461: William Walker (age 49, born Nov 1850),
Isabella (wife, age 37, born Jan 1863),
Benjamin (son, age 18, born Feb 1882),
Claudia (daughter, age 16, born Nov 1883),
Henry (son, age 14, born Feb 1886),
William (son, 2 months old, born Mar 1889), and James Tunce (servant, single black male, age 22, born Aug 1877). William and Isabella have been married 19 years. Isabella has given birth to four children and all are currently living. William was born in Alabama, his father in NC and mother in SC. Isabella was born in GA, her father in GA and her mother in SC. William is renting the farm where they live. William (Sr.), Benjamin, and Claudia can read and write. Claudia has been attending school. |
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Isabella Akin's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Isabella, her family, and friends. For example, Isabella is 2 years old when American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
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1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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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. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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 |
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 | William Walker
Born on November 14, 1855 and died on April 28, 1931.
They were married 3/20/1881.
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The Children of Isabella America Akin
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23 years old
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Benjamin Chambers Walker Sr.
Born in Douglas County, Georgia on February 24, 1882 and died in an unknown location on January 29, 1955. He was 72 years old.
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25 years old
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Claudie Vivana Walker
Born somewhere in Georgia on November 9, 1883 and died in Fulton County, Georgia on August 10, 1945. She was 61 years old.
She married Thomas Walker Hollis (8/25/1885-3/10/1967) on 5/29/1908 in Douglas County, GA. Her husband died in Douglasville (Douglas County), GA. Their children:
- Raymoth Isabella ...
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22 years old
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Henry Cleveland Walker
Born somewhere in Georgia on February 14, 1886 and died somewhere in Georgia on August 28, 1968. He was 82 years old.
He married Georgia Diggs (5/18/1879-10/6/1960) on April 19, 1905.
Their children included several who died young. The following children lived to adulthood:
- Bessie Walker Privett...
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19 years old
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William Jefferson Walker
Born somewhere in Georgia on March 15, 1891 and died somewhere in Georgia on July 29, 1929. He was 38 years old.
He married Effie Brock (10/3/1891-10/27/1969) on January 12, 1908. He committed suicide. They had no children....
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