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Leon Sauvage 1884 - 1972

Leon Sauvage of Roanoke, Woodford County, Illinois was born on May 5, 1884, and died at age 88 years old in November 1972.
Leon Sauvage
Roanoke, Woodford County, Illinois 61561
May 5, 1884
November 1972
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Leon Sauvage's History: 1884 - 1972

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    1884

    Birthday

    May 5, 1884
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  • 11/dd
    1972

    Death

    November 1972
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    Cause of death
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    Leon Sauvage lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1884, in the year that Leon Sauvage 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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