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Gurge Garrett 1889 - 1971

Gurge Garrett of Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas was born on February 4, 1889, and died at age 82 years old in October 1971.
Gurge Garrett
Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas 75159
February 4, 1889
October 1971
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Gurge Garrett's History: 1889 - 1971

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    1889

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    February 4, 1889
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    1971

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    October 1971
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    Gurge Garrett lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1889, in the year that Gurge Garrett was born, on May 31st, the South Fork Dam collapsed. Located in western Pennsylvania, the dam failed - sending more than 20 million tons of water into the towns below it. The flood killed more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown. The newly formed Red Cross responded to the disaster.
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In 1938, at the age of 49 years old, Gurge was alive when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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