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Wilburn Hockett 1884 - 1968

Wilburn Hockett of Escondido, San Diego County, California was born on February 29, 1884, and died at age 84 years old in October 1968.
Wilburn Hockett
Escondido, San Diego County, California 92025
February 29, 1884
October 1968
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Wilburn Hockett's History: 1884 - 1968

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    1884

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    February 29, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1968

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    October 1968
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    Wilburn Hockett lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1884, in the year that Wilburn Hockett 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, when he was just 13 years old, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.
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