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William Dowsey 1884 - 1971

William Dowsey of Monticello, White County, Indiana was born on May 14, 1884, and died at age 87 years old in November 1971.

William Dowsey
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Monticello, White County, Indiana 47960
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May 14, 1884
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In 1884, in the year that William Dowsey 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 1902, he was 18 years old when the modern air conditioner was invented by Willis H. Carrier. The company that he worked for needed to find a way to control humidity and by solving this problem, Carrier created a system that could be used for cooling the rooms of a house. The Sun Belt thanks him!
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Dowsey, Barbara (Jan 16, 1943 - Mar 6, 2006) Dowsey, James (Dec 28, 1906 - Dec 1972) Dowsey, Dorothy (Jan 5, 1907 - Jan 1977) Dowsey, Yvonne (Oct 6, 1907 - Dec 1991) Dowsey, Francis (Dec 15, 1903 - Mar 1978) Dowsey, Avis (Jan 16, 1902 - Mar 1990) Dowsey, Mary (Oct 14, 1923 - Nov 1986) Dowsey, Helen (Dec 5, 1925 - Sep 21, 1993) Dowsey, Darlene (Jun 28, 1977 - Sep 13, 2004) Dowsey, Mary (Sep 11, 1922 - Feb 1979)
Dowsey, Katherine (Jul 25, 1921 - Jan 29, 2010) Dowsey, Janice (Oct 22, 1939 - Mar 22, 2009) Dowsey, Mary (Jul 6, 1895 - Aug 1980) Dowsey, Leon (Jul 14, 1913 - Oct 1979) Dowsey, Harold (Feb 13, 1892 - Jan 1968) Dowsey, Esther (Apr 14, 1895 - Jul 1985) Dowsey, Myrtle (Mar 4, 1889 - Oct 1976) Dowsey, Henry (Sep 4, 1925 - Mar 31, 2009) Dowsey, James (Jun 29, 1932 - Feb 15, 2006) Dowsey, Wanolia (Jan 27, 1941 - May 24, 1996)
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