Unique IDPE-001185SurnamePawleyGiven namesWilliam ThomasBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1851-1877Biographical noteBiographical details:
Son of William Pawley, Alderman 1842-1846 [ref: www.sydneyaldermen.com.au]
NSW BDMs Registry:
Birth/Baptism: 6677/1834 V18346677 1B: PAWLEY WILLIAM T [parents] WILLIAM & ELIZABETH [Registration Year 1834 is probably a baptism year rather than a birth; parents’ marriage took place in 1822; age given at his death suggests a birth year of c1824.]
Marriage 1849: 121/1849 V1849121 34C: PAWLEY WILLIAM T to COOPER ELIZABETH L M at St Lawrence’s Church of England, Sydney
Death 3107/1879 PAWLEY WILLIAM T [parents] WILLIAM & ELIZABETH registered at PADDINGTON
Death Notice, William Thomas Pawley, aged 55 years [ref: Evening News 26 May 1879 p3]
Funeral Notice [ref: SMH 26 May 1879 p1]
Details from contemporary sources:
1851 Appointed Acting Assistant to Town Clerk by Mayor 27 November 1851 - Woolcott on leave ill [ref: 21/10/2/7]
1851 Gentleman of Sydney -appointed by Mayor, 27 November while Woolcott absent on leave [ref: 27/6/51/491]
1871 Not elected - only 13 votes [ref: Evening News 16 December 1870]
1871 Tender accepted for 1871-1872 Cook Ward - Surety Thomas Dunn - June [ref: 22/13/38/295]
1871 Payment approved - October [ref: 22/13/52/391]
1871 Payment approved - November [ref: 22/13/58/413]
1872 Payment approved - January [ref: 22/14/2/11]
1872 Payment approved - May [ref: 22/14/23/145]
1872 Tender accepted for 1872-1873 Cook Ward - Sureties Rowland J Pawley & Thomas Dunn - June [ref: 22/14/30/177]
1872 Payment approved - September [ref: 22/14/38/265]
1873 Payment approved - March [ref: 22/15/16/125]
1873 Finance Committee recommends acceptance tender 1873-1874 - Cook Ward [ref: 22/15/26/165]
1874 Finance Committee recommends acceptance tender 1874-1875 - Cook Ward [ref: 22/17/113]
1876 City Solicitor confirms he may employ whatever assistance he may think proper [ref: 26/139/361]
1876 Tender £25 - Finance Committee recommends acceptance tender 1876-1877 - Cook Ward [ref: 22/17/339]
1877 Finance Committee recommends remittance of amounts previously deducted for paper used in assessment books - Assessors also seek compensation for extra length of time needed for the Assessment - January [ref: 22/17/493]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003595
