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Alexander Orr 1884 - 1969

Alexander Orr of Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin was born on August 22, 1884, and died at age 84 years old in June 1969.
Alexander Orr
Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin 53147
August 22, 1884
June 1969
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    1884

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    August 22, 1884
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    1969

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    June 1969
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    Alexander Orr lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1884, in the year that Alexander Orr 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 1898, Alexander was merely 14 years old when on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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