Unique IDPE-002013SurnameMartyrGiven namesJohn JamesBirth dateBetween 1st January 1820 and 31st December 1820Birth date qualifieryear onlyPlace of birthGoulburnDeath date26th January 1882Death date qualifierexactPlace of deathGoulburnBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1846-1847
Clerk and Surveyor in City Surveyor’s Department 1846-47. Moved to Goulburn district where he worked as draughtsman and surveyor. Biographical noteMarried Helena Goodrich in 1842 at Whittingham (Singleton) NSW. Had two sons and a daughter. NSW Death Registration No 5388/1982; death notice: Goulburn Evening Penny Post Saturday 28 January 1882 Page 2; obituaries: Goulburn Evening Penny Post Saturday 28 January 1882 Page 2 and Southern Argus (Goulburn) Saturday 28 January 1882 Page 2.
Details from contemporary sources:
1846 Temporary appointment 15 June [ref: 27/3/46/222]
1846 Temporary appointment June lieu Sheilds [ref: 879/170]
1846-47 Acting as District Surveyor, August 1846 to February 1847 collecting building fees and fines totalling £452 8 6 [ref 26/4/161; A 00281151]
1846 £120 pa - appointment 24 August as clerk and draughtsman in the City Surveyor’s Department, [ref: 879/176; A-00505344]
1846 Appointed 24 August 1846 [ref: 7/3/166]
1846 September, Martyr supplies names of sureties as Clerk and Draftsman to the City surveyor viz Mark Green of Mirannie Creek, Patrick Plains and Charles Vallack of Hunter Street Sydney [ref: 26/3/071; A 00280844]
1846 December, names sureties, MC Green of Mirannie, Patricks Plains and T. OS Green of New Town Sydney [ref: 26/3/098]
1846 Sureties accepted - 14 December 1846 [ref: 7/3/229]
1846 Preparation of bond of surety for £120 - MC Green & TO’S Green 15 December; [ref: 27/3/46/423]
1846 December, absent, unwell [ref: 26/3/111; A 00280884]
1847 January, T. O. S. Green, brother of MC Green, withdraws his name as surety for Martyr [ref: 26/3/120; A 00280894]
1847 January, Mark Green, brother of TOS Green, withdraws his name as surety for Martyr [ref: 26/3/121; A 00280895]
1847 Resignation 1 February 1847 [ref: 27/3/47/40]
1847 2 February, resignation because of ill-health [ref: 26/3/124; A 00280898]
1847 Absent since 1 February 1847 - memo to City Treasurer [ref: 27/3/47/64]
1847 Resignation February 1847 - accepted 29 March 1847 [ref: 7/3/320]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002767
