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Jay Merritt 1876 - 1971

Jay Merritt of Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska was born on January 30, 1876, and died at age 95 years old in January 1971.
Jay Merritt
Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska 68823
January 30, 1876
January 1971
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Jay Merritt's History: 1876 - 1971

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    1876

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    January 30, 1876
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    1971

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    January 1971
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    Jay Merritt lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1876, in the year that Jay Merritt was born, on August 1st, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state. Its nickname is the "Centennial State" because it was admitted just 28 days after the United States' centennial.
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In 1884, when he was just 8 years old, 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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