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Winand Schmitz 1886 - 1977

Winand Schmitz of Oconee, Shelby County, Illinois was born on May 17, 1886, and died at age 90 years old in March 1977.
Winand Schmitz
Oconee, Shelby County, Illinois 62553
May 17, 1886
March 1977
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Winand Schmitz's History: 1886 - 1977

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    1886

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    May 17, 1886
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  • 03/dd
    1977

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    March 1977
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    Winand Schmitz lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1886, in the year that Winand Schmitz 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 1913, Winand was 27 years old when Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. It had previously taken 12 hours to assemble a whole vehicle - now it took only two hours and 30 minutes! Inspired by the production lines at flour mills, breweries, canneries and industrial bakeries, along with the disassembly of animal carcasses in Chicago’s meat-packing plants, Ford created moving belts for parts and the assembly line was born.
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