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Violet Mary Wood 1884 - 1916

Violet Mary Wood was born in 1884 to David Elder Wood and Jessie (Norman) Wood, and had siblings William Rupert Wood, George Sydney Wood, Norman Wood, Hugh Alexander Wood, Gordon Wood, Lillian Hilda Wood, Edith Emily (Wood) Williams, and Daisy Jessie (Wood) Webb. Violet Wood died at age 31 years old on June 2, 1916 in Oakleigh, Monash City County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery 600 Princes Hwy, in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County.
Violet Mary Wood
1884
June 2, 1916
Oakleigh, Monash City County, VIC, 3166, Australia
Female
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  • 1884

    Birthday

    1884
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    Birthplace
  • 06/2
    1916

    Death

    June 2, 1916
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Oakleigh, Monash City County, VIC 3166, Australia
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Springvale Botanical Cemetery 600 Princes Hwy, in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC 3171, Australia
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    The Age, Melbourne. 3rd June 1916. WOOD.- On the 2nd June, at the residence of her brother-in-law, J. C. Webb, Rugby-road, Oakleigh, Violet Mary ( Queenie ), third daughter of Jessie and the late David Wood, of South Melbourne, aged 32 years.
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Did you know?
In 1884, in the year that Violet Mary Wood 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, at the age of just 6 years old, Violet was alive 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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