Unique IDPE-000761SurnameScarsbrookGiven namesJamesBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1881-1900Biographical noteBiographical details:
Son of Thomas Scarsbrook, contractor/supplier to Council
Court appearance for slander, previous criminal record, bound over to keep peace; Seymour happy to recommend his re-employment [ref: Evening News 8 December 1887 p5]
Marriage to Juliette Hogarth [ref: SMH 1 August 1888]
Conviction, abusive language, bond and fine [ref: Evening News 1 November 1889 p3]
Order to support wife [ref: Evening News 16 November 1889]
Funeral of brother in law, Samuel McClenahan [ref: SMH 22 October 1891 p8;]
Death of father [ref: SMH 17 April 1895]
Divorce [ref: SMH 24 June 1896 p7]
Death of Agnes Scarsbrook (second wife?) [ref: SMH 16 March 1900]
Poll clerk for Cook Ward, election of aldermen: [ref: SMH 8 December 1900 p10]
Details from contemporary sources:
1885 10/- per day - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 request increase February - £3 per week - employed 5 years - Seymour recommends - not granted [ref: 26/210/527]
1887 Seymour report to Mayor Riley - April - hired on works early 1881 - c1883-4 in gaol - released on petition - re-employed [ref: 26/219/938]
1888 Mayor's report on retrenchment and salary reductions made in January - £3 per week - discharged [ref: 21/17/6 [731]]
1889 To carry out numbering houses, lots - clerical ability & judgement - February [ref: 26/233/314]
1900 Put on in March - disinfecting [ref: 1900/1021]
1900 Reinspecting premises - 8/- per week [ref: 1900/2183]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004021
