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Ernest John Layfield 1884 - 1947

Ernt John Layfield of South Melb Australia was born in February 1884 in Wetherby, West Yorkshire County, England United Kingdom to Allen Lawrence Layfield. He married Alice Lavinia (Bowers) Layfield in 1910 in Melbourne, VIC Australia, and had a child Raymond John Layfield. Ernt Layfield died at age 63 years old on May 23, 1947 in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County.

Ernt John Layfield

South Melb Australia

February 1884

Wetherby, West Yorkshire County, England, LS22, United Kingdom

May 23, 1947

Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC, 3171, Australia

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1884

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February 1884

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Wetherby, West Yorkshire County, England LS22, United Kingdom

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May 23, 1947

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Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC 3171, Australia
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In 1884, in the year that Ernest John Layfield 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, he was just 6 years old when on January 2nd, Alice Sanger became the first female staffer to work in the White House. She was hired as a stenographer and, as such, took dictation.

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Ernt Layfield's Family Tree & Friends

Ernt Layfield's Family Tree

Allen Lawrence Layfield

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Ernest John Layfield Feb 1884 - May 23, 1947

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Alice Lavinia (Bowers) Layfield