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Leonard Aycock
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Leonard Aycock 3/9/1905 - 8/18/1961
| Leonard Aycock was born on March 9, 1905 in Calhoun County, Georgia and died on August 18, 1961 in Dougherty, Georgia. He lived to be 56 years old.
He married Thelma Pearl Mullins (7/12/1908 - 2/10/1974) |
| Census | 4/20/1910 | 1123-Malitia Dist GA (Calhoun County) | 5 yrs old | Recorded as family #19: Willie Aycock (age 41, female), Amy (daughter, age 13), Effie (daughter, age 11), Lenwood (son, age 5), Varna Moody (daughter, age 16), Minnie H. Moody (daughter, age 13 ?) and Mary A. Howard (mother, age 69, widowed). Everyone was born in GA except Willie's mother, who was born in AL. Willie indicated she and her daughters have been un-employed during the last 15 months. She is widowed, the mother of 7 children and 4 are still living. Varma is a widow and has one child. Mary states she is a widow, with one child. The children have been attending school. |
| Census | 2/9/1920 | District 1123 GA (Calhoun County) | 14 yrs old | Recorded as Family #11: Willie Aycock (widdowed female, age 50), Bama (married daughter, age 26), Jeffie (unmarried daughter, age 21), Leonard (son, age 14) and
Simon Moody (grand son, age 11). Willie rents the home where they live. Everyone except the two youngest, Leonard and Simon, can read and write. The children have not been attending school. All were born in GA as were their parents. The family works on the family farm.
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| Census | 1/1/1930 | Militia District 1123 GA ( Calhoun County) | 24 yrs old | 2 - Bama Moody (age 36),Simon Moody (20), Melvin (6), mother - Willie Aycok (61)
3 -Leonard Aycock (25) & wife
Pearl Aycock (21). Bama and Willie are widows. All born in GA. Bama Simon and Leonard are farm laborers. |
| Census | 1/1/1940 | Morgan GA (Calhoun County) | 34 yrs old | 38- Bama Moody (age 46)
Si Moody (31),
Melvin Moody (16),
mother - Willie Aycock (73),
brother - Leonard Aycock (35)&
sister in law -Pearl Aycock (31). All born in GA, except Pearl in AL. Bama and Willie are widows. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/18/1961 | Morgan Methodist Church Cem. GA (Calhoun County) | 56 yrs old | Leonard Aycock (3/9/1905 -8/18/1961) Thelma Mullins Aycock (7/12/1908 - 2/10/1974) |
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Age | Date | Event |
7 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
9 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
12 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
15 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
19 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
1 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
1 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
7 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
8 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
9 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
18 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
18 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
19 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
21 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
22 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
23 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
31 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
33 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
41 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
42 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
46 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
47 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
52 |
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. |
55 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
7 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
8 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
12 |
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. |
14 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
33 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
34 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
36 |
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. |
45 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
50 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
55 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
5 |
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. |
22 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
24 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
25 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
27 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
28 |
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! |
29 |
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 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
30 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
34 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
38 |
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. |
39 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
40 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
49 |
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 |
4 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
9 |
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. |
12 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
14 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
15 |
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. |
33 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
34 |
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. |
40 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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