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Octavia Garvey 1884 - 1978

Octavia Garvey of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on August 10, 1884, and died at age 94 years old in September 1978.

Octavia Garvey
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Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11229
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August 10, 1884
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In 1884, in the year that Octavia Garvey 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 1892, when she was only 8 years old, on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.
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Garvey, Evelyn (Dec 7, 1915 - Mar 3, 2004) Garvey, William (Apr 16, 1894 - Mar 1971) Garvey, Florence (Mar 3, 1898 - May 1967) Garvey, Rachel (May 9, 1935 - Dec 6, 1999) Garvey Jr, James (Dec 20, 1967 - Jan 26, 2001) Garvey, Katherine (Mar 18, 1908 - Jan 24, 2003) Garvey, Walter (Dec 29, 1905 - May 1975) Garvey, Thomas (May 12, 1908 - Jan 1965) Garvey, Maxine (Jan 7, 1928 - Jan 18, 2007) Garvey, John (Dec 18, 1900 - Sep 1966)
Garvey, Alfred (Aug 19, 1927 - Dec 12, 1990) Garvey, Amelia (Apr 15, 1906 - Dec 11, 1989) Garvey, Walter (Jul 1, 1928 - Oct 27, 2010) Garvey, Dorothy (Mar 7, 1904 - Nov 1973) Garvey, Jane (Sep 28, 1949 - May 19, 2002) Garvey, James (Jun 15, 1944 - Feb 1978) Garvey, Hugh (Sep 13, 1884 - Jan 1967) Garvey, Ruth (Mar 24, 1909 - Aug 7, 1990) Garvey, Evelyn (Aug 4, 1905 - Oct 1988) Garvey, William (Aug 29, 1913 - Jan 1969)
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