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John William Cantril 1884 - 1903

John William Cantril was born in 1884 in Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado United States to Adam Eugene Cantril and Josephine Emily (Perkins) Cantril, and had siblings Adam Cantril, Ellis A Cantril, Gertrude Emily (Cantril) Cox, Irvan Eugene Cantril, Lance Henry Cantril, Edna Elsie Cantril, Pearl Rosie Cantril, Rosa Belle Cantril, James Elliot Cantril, and Anna Lee Cantril. John Cantril died at age 18 years old on January 31, 1903 in Howard, Fremont County, and was buried at Howard Cemetery in Howard.
John William Cantril
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1884
Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado, 81252, United States
January 31, 1903
Howard, Fremont County, Colorado, United States
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    1884
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    Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado 81252, United States
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    1903

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    January 31, 1903
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    Howard, Fremont County, Colorado United States
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    Howard Cemetery in Howard, Fremont County, Colorado USA
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    John William Cantril lived 51 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 19.
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In 1884, in the year that John William Cantril 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, John was merely 6 years old when on October 9th, in Satory, France, the first fixed-wing, steam powered aircraft flew. "Ader Éole" flew, uncontrolled, for about 160 ft. at a height of just under 8 inches off the ground.
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