Barron, Mrs [first name unknown]

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Unique IDPE-004574Pre-nominal honorificsMrsSurnameBarronGiven names[first name unknown]Biographical abstractDates of employment: 1843-1858Biographical noteBiographical details:
First name not identified. Appointed jointly with her husband.

Possible death NSW BDMs Registry: 892/1861 BARRON ELIZABETH [parents] JOHN & CATHERINE registered at SYDNEY

Newspaper articles on retirement gratuity: [ref: Empire 2 August 1858 p4]; [ref: Empire 3 August 1858 p5]; [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 3 August 1858 p 4]

Details from contemporary sources:
1843 Appointed 28 July, 1843 - Messenger and Office Keeper (husband and wife appointed) [ref: Council Meeting 28 July 1843]
1844 £52 pa - Salaries voted for 1844 [ref: Council Meeting 28 Decenber 1843]
1845 Request increase for self and wife - July, not granted [ref: 7/2/424]
1846 Request increase - January [ref: 7/3/6]
1846 Messenger and Office Keeper - Statement of duties of officer - January [ref: 21/004/13 [45]]
1846 £65 pa - new salary rate from 1 March - memo to Barron [ref: 27/3/46/118]
1849 Duties described, 3 January 1849 [ref: 26/4/158]
1849 Request increase for self and Wife - January [ref: 26/4/158]
1852 Received in fees/perquisites 1851 - resolution February - Town Clerk memo May - fuel & light allowance [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1852 Insolvent, motion to declare office vacant - negatived, March [ref: 7/5/522]
1852 Seeking payment for wife as Office Keeper [ref: 25/4 1852 end volume; letter December 1852]
1854 Office Keeper in the Town Hall, York St - £140 pa - to move to City Commissioners’ office King St - 24 April 1854 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 19 April 1854]
1854 Hall Porter at King St Office - Appointment to terminate 31 December 1854, position abolished - Commissioners, high opinion of his character [ref: 7/7/441]
1855 Superintendent of the Water Works - Appointed January 1855 - (noted in letter January 1856) [ref: 26/21/10]
1856 2/6 per day increase in wages, granted from 1 June 1856 [ref: 26/21/10]
1857 Assistant Messenger - 7/- per day - Salaries of Officers 1 July 1857 - 6 days per week (City Council) [ref: 27/11/57/203]
1857 Transferred by Mayor, October to Inspector of Wastes, Water Service - no need for 3 Messengers [ref: 26/031/513]
1857 Alderman Golden censured re threats to Allum re employment of Barron as Superintendent of the Water Works [ref: Council Meeting 23 November]
1858 Messenger and Office Keeper - Forced retirement - restructure - February [ref: 22/2/34]
1858 Retirement gratuity, £109/11/- recommended by Finance Committee August 1858 [ref: 22/2/34]
1858 Retirement gratuity, £50 - aged 63 years - reported Empire 3 August 1858 [ref: Council Meeting, 2 August 1858]GenderFemaleSource system IDTPER-000202

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionMessenger [Town Clerk's Department]Office Keeper [Town Clerk's Department]Superintendent of City Water Works [multiple departments]Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Inspector of Waste Water [multiple departments]Related itemsSelect Committee Report - Enquiry into business transacted for the City by senior staff

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Barron, Mrs [first name unknown]