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Ruby Fowkes 1886 - 1976

Ruby Fowkes of Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah was born on July 24, 1886, and died at age 89 years old in May 1976.
Ruby Fowkes
Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah 84660
July 24, 1886
May 1976
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    1886

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    July 24, 1886
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  • 05/dd
    1976

    Death

    May 1976
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    Ruby Fowkes lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1886, in the year that Ruby Fowkes was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1903, at the age of 17 years old, Ruby was alive when the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in June after Henry Ford left another car company he founded in 1901 (which became the Cadillac Motor Company). He began Ford Motor Company with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, two of whom (the Dodge brothers) later began their own car company. Henry Ford improved on assembly line techniques and has been so successful that his family still controls a very popular Ford line of cars and trucks.
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