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Jacob Backman 1884 - 1975

Jacob Backman of Mattapan, Suffolk County, MA was born on January 22, 1884, and died at age 91 years old in February 1975.
Jacob Backman
Mattapan, Suffolk County, MA 02126
January 22, 1884
February 1975
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    1884

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    January 22, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1975

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    February 1975
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    Jacob Backman lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Jacob Backman 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 1900, Jacob was 16 years old when a massive hurricane, known as the Great Galveston hurricane, hit Galveston Texas. Winds hit up to 145 miles an hour (category 4) and it remains the single most deadly event in U.S. history. Between 6,000 and 12,000 died (most estimates are around 8,000 dead). The population of Galveston at the time was about 36,000 people in 1900.
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