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John W Lorance 1879 - 1966

John W Lorance of Houston, Harris County, TX was born on March 22, 1879, and died at age 87 years old on December 15, 1966.
John W Lorance
Houston, Harris County, TX 77039
March 22, 1879
December 15, 1966
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    1879

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    March 22, 1879
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  • 12/15
    1966

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    December 15, 1966
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    John W Lorance lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1879, in the year that John W Lorance 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, when he was merely 5 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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