Burmaster, Frederick

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Unique IDPE-004221SurnameBurmasterGiven namesFrederickAlternative nameBurmeisterSinclairBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1888-1939Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 51 years.
Father's name was stated to be Burmeister and step-father's name was Sinclair

NSW BDMs Registry: Marriage 6234/1895 BURMASTER FREDERICK & PULLEN EMILY L registered at SYDNEY

Death 5329/1950 BURMASTER FREDERICK [parents] CHARLES & MARY ANN registered at BULLI

Funeral Notice: Frederick Burmaster, formerly of City Council [SMH 11 January 1950]

Details from contemporary sources:
1888 Agreed start date 1 August 1888 - name on card Burmaster [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1890 Hired 4 October 1890 - labourer rate 7/6 - born 31 July 1874 [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1893 Block Sweeper - £1 week - August- request increase - gives family details - employed 3 years 6 months - Seymour commends - Daniels states cannot give a higher rate as block sweeper, suggest employ as labourer if possible [ref: 26/268/1518]
1895 Report on Salaries of Employees - List of Officers & Servants -February - boy's rate - 3/4 per day [ref: 22/48/22½ (j)]
1895 £1 week - request increase - granted to 30/- - December - married supporting wife and mother [ref: 26/282/1509]
1896 £1/10/- - age 23 - employed 5 years 6 months - married [ref: P26/283/260]
1898 Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk - Labourer, 7/- per day [ref: 22/55/1]
1900 City Surveyor's Department - Pay increase recommended - November [ref: 1900/3835]
1902 Name on pay sheets to be Burmeister, not step-father's name, Sinclair - November [ref: 1902/3242]
1904 Overseer of wood-blocking works - June [ref: 1904/0886]
1904 Request increase - recommended - August [ref: 1904/1447]
1905 Labourer 1st class - Campbell St Depot - detail duties - 15 years’ service - no increase unless made Inspector [ref: 1905/0411]
1907 Appointed Inspector of Hawkers [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1913 Request long service leave - start October 1888 - recommended - December [ref: 1913/5758]
1920 Enrolled as Special Constable - August [ref: 3270/20]
1923 Position: Inspector of Hawkers & Porters [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1930 Statutory declaration of length of service - April [ref: 1074/30]
1939 Retired 31 July 1939 [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000558

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionBlock Sweeper [multiple departments]Inspector of Hawkers [multiple departments]Labourer [Inspector of Nuisances]Labourer [City Surveyor's Department]Labourer [City Cleansing Department I]Overseer [City Surveyor's Department]Related itemsReport of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895Memorandum: Inspector of Nuisances submitting returns showing: number of boys employed, respective ages, Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)

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Burmaster, Frederick