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William John Greenaway 1884 - 1922

William John Greenaway of Northcote Australia was born in 1884 to Alexina Josephine (Campbell) Greenaway and William John Greenaway. He had siblings Leslie Greenaway, Ivy Iris Greenaway, Charles Frank Greenaway, Daisy Greenaway, and Lindsay Gordon Greenaway. William Greenaway died at age 38 years old in 1922 in Northcote.
William John Greenaway
Northcote Australia
1884
1922
Northcote, Australia
Male
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    1884
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  • 1922

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    1922
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    Northcote Australia
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    William John Greenaway lived 36 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 38.
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In 1884, in the year that William John Greenaway 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 1892, he was merely 8 years old when on October 5th, the Dalton Gang was shot. The Gang was attempting to rob two banks - simultaneously - in Coffeyville Kansas but word spread of the robberies and townspeople with guns greeted them when they left the banks. Four members of the gang were killed - only Emmett Dalton survived his wounds and spent 14 years in prison.
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