Genealogy for
Evalee (Aycock) Howard
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Evalee (Aycock) Howard
10/15/1894 - 12/26/1990
(Shown at age 45)
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Evalee (Aycock) Howard was born on October 15, 1894 in Calhoun County, Georgia and died on December 26, 1990 in Dekalb Co., Georgia. She lived to be 96 years old.
She married Jim E. Rigsby. Their children were:
- Lena Bell Rigsby (1910)
- Iva Lee Rigsby (1913)
- Clyde N. Rigsby (1918)
- Mentha Rigsby (1920 -1995)
- Dock L. Rigsby (1924)
- Audrey Rigsby (1925)
- Marjorie Mae Rigsby (1927)
- Christian Rigsby (1928)
- Victor J. Rigsby (1929)
- Ruth Rigsby (1931)
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 | Census | 2/24/1920 | Militia District 998 GA (Randolph County) | 25 yrs old | | Recorded as Family #101: James E. Rigsby (age 32),
Emlee A. Rigsby (age 26),
Carlton L Rigsby (age 15),
Essie Lou Rigsby (age 12),
Lena Bell Rigsby (age 10),
Iva Lee Rigsby (age 7), and
Clyde Rigsby (age 2).
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| Census | 4/8/1930 | Smithville GA (Lee County) | 35 yrs old | | Recorded as Family #116: Jim E. Rigsby (age 50),
Eva L. Rigsby (age 45),
Estalee Rigsby (age 23),
Lena B. Rigsby (age 20),
Onie Lee Rigsby (age 17),
Clyde Rigsby (age 13),
Martha Rigsby (age 9),
Dock Rigsby (age 6),
Audrey Rigsby (4 months old),
Majorie M. Rigsby (2 years, 4 months old),
Christian Rigsby (2 years, 11 months old), and
Victor Rigsby (one year old). All were born in GA. They live on LeConte St. Daughter,Estalee is a widow. James is a retail merchant.James was 25 and Eva Lee was 20 when they married. They rent their home.
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| Census | 1/1/1940 | Fountain Bridge GA (Randolph County) | 45 yrs old | | line#33 - Family #100: James E. Rigsby (age 52), Evelyn Rigsby (age 42), Minnie Rigsby (age 18), Lewis Rigsby (age 16), Andrie Rigsby (age 14), Manie Rigsby (age 12), Ruth Rigsby (age 10). All were born in GA. James is a operator at a Cane Mill. He works 52 week a year and income is $400. |
| Death Certificate | 12/26/1990 | GA ( Dekalb County) | 96 yrs old | | SSN death index - Name: Evalee A. Rigsby,
Born: Oct.15,1894,
Died: Dec. 26, 1990,
State (Year) SSN issued: Georgia (1973)
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| 11 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 18 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 20 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 23 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 26 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 30 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 3 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 6 |
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. |
| 6 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 7 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 8 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 9 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 10 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 12 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 12 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 12 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 18 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 19 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 20 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 29 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 29 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 30 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 32 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 33 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 34 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 42 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 44 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 52 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 53 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 57 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 58 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 63 |
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. |
| 66 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 68 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 71 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 77 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
| 80 |
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 |
| 81 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
| 85 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
| 87 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
| 92 |
1986 |
Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. |
| 95 |
1989 |
An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth |
| 96 |
1990 |
Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993. |
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| 14 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 18 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 19 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 23 |
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. |
| 25 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 44 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 45 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 47 |
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. |
| 56 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 61 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 66 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 69 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 75 |
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. |
| 76 |
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. |
| 83 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
| 90 |
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. |
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| 15 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 16 |
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. |
| 33 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 35 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 36 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 38 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 39 |
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! |
| 40 |
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. |
| 40 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 41 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 45 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 49 |
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. |
| 50 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 51 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 60 |
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. |
| 68 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 72 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 73 |
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. |
| 77 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
| 78 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
| 79 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
| 83 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
| 87 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
| 93 |
1987 |
January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County. |
| 93 |
1987 |
President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles. |
| 95 |
1989 |
George Bush is elected president. (Republican) |
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| 15 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 20 |
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. |
| 23 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 25 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 26 |
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. |
| 44 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 45 |
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. |
| 51 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
| 95 |
1989 |
The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany |
| 96 |
1990 |
Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War. |
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 | James Rigsby
Born on July 4, 1887 and died on January 27, 1968.
They were married 10/7/1911.
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The Children of Evalee (Aycock) Howard
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Lena Bell Rigsby
Born somewhere in Georgia on October 26, 1909 and died in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia on March 14, 2000. She was 90 years old.
She married Jerry Robert Duckworth (11/8/1906 - 4/7/1983). ...
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Iva Lee Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on March 7, 1913 and died in Fayette County, Georgia on May 20, 1983. She was 70 years old.
She married Shelton Taft Middleton (12/13/1907 -11/7/1985)
Children:
Ted O'Neal (1932-2002)
Betty Zane
Douglas D.
Shelton W.
Charles D.
James L....
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Clyde Numan Rigsby
Born in Shellman, Calhoun County, Georgia on June 11, 1918 and died in Columbus , Muscogee County, Georgia on January 19, 1980. She was 61 years old.
He married in 1939 to Juanita J. Jordan (3/12/1914 SC -10/18/1991 GA) ...
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Mentha Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on May 7, 1920 and died in Albany, Georgia on January 18, 1995. She was 74 years old.
She married Mitchell Taylor Peak.
Children:
Gloria
Brenda
Mary
Mitchell T. ...
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Dock Lewis Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on February 3, 1924 and died in Sumter Co., Georgia on February 24, 1993. He was 69 years old.
He married Martha Eugenia Buchanan (3/28/1920 - 11/8/1985)
Children:
Dock Lewis Rigsby Jr.
William E. Rigsby
Martha Jean Rigsby
Ira Lee Rigsby
Tom Edward Rigsby ...
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Audrey Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on May 1, 1926 and died in Thomas, Georgia on October 24, 1997. She was 71 years old.
She married on July 20, 1947 to Joseph Charlie Buchanan.
Children:
Steve J.
Peggy J....
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Majorie Mae Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on January 24, 1928 and died in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia on November 20, 2017. She was 89 years old.
She was called Mara Mae. She married on July 3, 1954 to Leroy Vern Dowell (4/28/1928 Ensign,KS -2/1/2016 Hall Co.,GA).
Children: Donna G.
Sandra D. ...
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