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Roger Gist 1884 - 1966

Roger Gist of Canyon, Randall County, Texas was born on March 12, 1884, and died at age 82 years old in May 1966.
Roger Gist
Canyon, Randall County, Texas 79015
March 12, 1884
May 1966
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Roger Gist's History: 1884 - 1966

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    1884

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    March 12, 1884
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  • 05/dd
    1966

    Death

    May 1966
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    Roger Gist lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1884, in the year that Roger Gist 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 1897, he was only 13 years old when on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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