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Gerda Allison 1884 - 1970

Gerda Allison of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois was born on August 20, 1884, and died at age 86 years old in August 1970.
Gerda Allison
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois 61108
August 20, 1884
August 1970
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Gerda Allison's History: 1884 - 1970

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    1884

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    August 20, 1884
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  • 08/dd
    1970

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    August 1970
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    Gerda Allison lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1884, in the year that Gerda Allison 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 1891, at the age of merely 7 years old, Gerda was alive when on March 14th, a lynch mob stormed the Old Parish Prison. The mob lynched 11 of the 19 Italians who were arrested for - but found to be innocent of - the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy.
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