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Robert Leonard Gourley 1872 - 1950

Robert Leonard Gourley of Sydenham, Victoria Australia was born on April 11, 1872 in Timor, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC to William Gourley and Phoebe (Chenoweth) Gourley. He had siblings Charles Frederick Gourley, Charlotte Elizabeth (Gourley) Sutton, Ada Sarah Gourley, Emily Margaret (Gourley) Porteous, John Gourley, and Albert Gourley. He married Clara Louisa (Mclay) Gourley in 1902, and had children Victoria Phoebe Gourley, Jean Galloway (Gourley) McRae, and Joyce Mclay (Gourley) Boundy. Robert Gourley died at age 77 years old on April 5, 1950 in Essendon, City of Moonee Valley County, and was buried at Keilor Cemetery Ely Ct, in Keilor East, City of Brimbank County.

Robert Leonard Gourley
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Sydenham, Victoria Australia
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April 11, 1872
Timor, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC, 3465, Australia
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Essendon, City of Moonee Valley County, VIC, 3040, Australia
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    April 11, 1872
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    Timor, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC 3465, Australia
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    Newstead, Australia Carisbrook, Australia Sunshine, Australia Chinamans Flat, Australia
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    Essendon, City of Moonee Valley County, VIC 3040, Australia
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    Keilor Cemetery Ely Ct, in Keilor East, City of Brimbank County, VIC 3033, Australia
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    The Argus, Melbourne. 6th April 1950. GOURLEY. - On April 5, at the residence of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Boundy, 236 Woodland street, Essendon, Robert Leonard Gurley ( late of Sydenham ), the dearly loved husband of the late Clara Louisa, loving father of Victoria ( deceased ), Jean ( Mrs. C. G. McRae ), Joyce ( Mrs. G. E. Boundy ), loved grandfather of Peggy, Margaret, Shirley, Rob, John, Barbara. Aged 77 years and 11 months.
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In 1872, in the year that Robert Leonard Gourley was born, on May 10th, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to be nominated for President of the United States. She was too young to qualify for President - a year under the minimum age, 35 - and women couldn't vote but she was nominated by the Equal Rights Party, which supported equal rights and suffrage for women. She didn't appear on the official ballot.
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In 1884, Robert was only 12 years old when 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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