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Rome Whalen 1884 - 1973

Rome Whalen of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky was born on April 8, 1884, and died at age 89 years old in July 1973.
Rome Whalen
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 40502
April 8, 1884
July 1973
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    1884

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    April 8, 1884
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  • 07/dd
    1973

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    July 1973
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    Rome Whalen lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1884, in the year that Rome Whalen 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, by the time this person was just 8 years old, on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.
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