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Essie Merritt 1884 - 1971

Essie Merritt of Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia was born on December 17, 1884, and died at age 86 years old in November 1971.

Essie Merritt
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Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia 30134
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December 17, 1884
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November 1971
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In 1884, in the year that Essie Merritt 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 she was merely 13 years old, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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Merritt, Essie (Jan 30, 1918 - Jul 5, 1995) Merritt, Essie (Aug 28, 1891 - May 1973) Merritt, Essie (Aug 15, 1907 - Apr 1979)
Merritt, Essie (Jul 7, 1901 - Feb 27, 1989) Merritt, Essie (Feb 2, 1920 - Apr 18, 2003) Merritt, Essie (Nov 9, 1908 - Apr 29, 2000)

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Hannigan, Dorothy (Born Oct 4, 1920) Merritt, Fred Merritt, Ruby Amanda (Born Jun 14, 1892) Merritt, Barbara (Born Dec 18, 1855) Merritt, Edward (Born Apr 23, 1852) Merritt, Pat Marchall Merritt, Daniel (1786 - 1838) Merritt, James (Jan 26, 1940 - Mar 16, 1998) Merritt, Ralph (Jul 17, 1892 - Dec 1964) Merritt, Robert (Aug 29, 1909 - Nov 19, 2007)
Merritt, Marie (Jul 15, 1914 - Feb 1979) Merritt, Francis (Oct 5, 1909 - Oct 1983) Merritt, Frank (Oct 20, 1919 - Nov 1984) Merritt, Lawrence (Aug 27, 1916 - Jan 16, 2000) Merritt, Lillian (Jan 30, 1912 - Feb 2, 1998) Merritt, Francis (Apr 8, 1913 - Dec 27, 2000) Merritt, Bertha (Dec 20, 1928 - Aug 4, 2006) Merritt, Janet (May 1, 1933 - May 1985) Merritt, James (Sep 13, 1934 - Dec 23, 2004) Merritt, Edna (Sep 15, 1936 - Feb 11, 2005)
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