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Emma Chatham 1884 - 1970

Emma Chatham of Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina was born on March 21, 1884, and died at age 86 years old in November 1970.
Emma Chatham
Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina 28621
March 21, 1884
November 1970
Female
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    1884

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    March 21, 1884
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    1970

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    November 1970
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    Emma Chatham lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1884, in the year that Emma Chatham 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 1919, at the age of 35 years old, Emma was alive when on January 6th, President Theodore Roosevelt died. Having gone to bed the previous night after being treated for breathing problems, the ex-President died in his sleep from a clot that had traveled to his lungs. He was 60. After a simple service, Roosevelt was buried on a hillside overlooking Oyster Bay.
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