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William Merriss 1910 - 1987

William Merriss of Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama was born on May 19, 1910, and died at age 76 years old in February 1987.

William Merriss

Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama 35064

May 19, 1910

February 1987

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May 19, 1910

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February 1987

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William Merriss lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.

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In 1910, in the year that William Merriss was born, the Mexican revolution began. Dictator Porfirio Díaz had ruled for 35 years and was nationally unpopular. When elections were held in 1910 and a rigged election kept Diaz in office. The uprising began - and lasted for another 10 years.

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In 1938, at the age of 28 years old, William 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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