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Albert Victor Whitelaw 1884 - 1937

Albert Victor Whitelaw of Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia was born in October 1884 in Katamatite, Moira Shire County to Grace Sommerville and James Alexander Whitelaw. He had siblings Rebecca Ann Whitelaw, Elizabeth Baird (Whitelaw) Witney, Mary Hilston Whitelaw, and Grace Somerville (Whitelaw) Brumby. Albert Whitelaw died at age 52 years old on May 28, 1937 in Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County.
Albert Victor Whitelaw
Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia
October 1884
Katamatite, Moira Shire County, VIC, 3649, Australia
May 28, 1937
Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC, Australia
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  • 10/dd
    1884

    Birthday

    October 1884
    Birthdate
    Katamatite, Moira Shire County, VIC 3649, Australia
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  • 05/28
    1937

    Death

    May 28, 1937
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia
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    Albert Victor Whitelaw lived 21 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 52.
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In 1884, in the year that Albert Victor Whitelaw was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1890, when he was merely 6 years old, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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