Unique IDPE-003440SurnameDriscollGiven namesEdwardBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1874-1894Biographical noteDetails from contemporary sources:
1878 8½d hour - List by Seymour - May - two men surnamed Driscoll on list [ref: 26/151/463]
1894 Hospitalised with cataracts of both eyes - medical certificate - June [ref: 26/274/0934]
1894 Request for half pay from wife at 514 Jones Street, Ultimo - employed for 20 years - operation for cataract removal - granted half pay while ill - August [ref: 26/275/1213]
1894 Absent ill since 13 June - on half pay since 20 August - appears to be totally blind - October [ref: 26/276/1731]
1894 Now totally blind -working rate was 8/- per day - Mayor instructs cannot continue to pay - 11 December [ref: 26/277/1861]
1895 Petitions for water cart - 21 years service - family to support - Seymour recommends him as of good character and a faithful and devoted servant of Council [ref: 26/278/071]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-001336
