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Christina Swanson 1879 - 1967

Christina Swanson of Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois was born on December 29, 1879, and died at age 87 years old in January 1967.
Christina Swanson
Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois 61455
December 29, 1879
January 1967
Female
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Christina Swanson's History: 1879 - 1967

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    1879

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    December 29, 1879
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  • 01/dd
    1967

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    January 1967
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    Christina Swanson lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1879, in the year that Christina Swanson was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1884, at the age of just 5 years old, Christina was alive when 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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