Unique IDPE-001216SurnameParkerGiven namesMatthew WilliamBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1857-1868Biographical noteBiographical details:
MW Parker successful tenderer for various works including sewer in O’Connell St and street gullies, Elizabeth Street in 1857.
Court Case: Egan v Mayor etc of Sydney and others [including Parker, deceased]: Sydney Mail, 28 November 1868, p3
NSW BDMs Registry: Death 1400/1868: PARKER, MATTHEW W [parents] MICHAEL & JANE registered at SYDNEY
Death & Funeral Notices: [ref: SMH 23 November 1868, p1 & p8; 24 November 1868; 28 November 1868 p2]
Closure of Town Hall as mark of respect: [ref SMH 24 November 1868 Notices]
Allowance to widow in report of Council Meeting: [ref: Sydney Mail 26 December 1868 p3]
Details from contemporary sources:
1857 Memo re gravel delivery - September [ref: 26/03/455]
1858 Creation of 4 Districts each to have a District and Building Surveyor at £250 pa - Parker, Snow, Gilbert, Poole - February 1858 [ref: 21/14/8 [111]]
1859 Direction of Improvement Committee to check idleness of labourers - April [ref: 10/5/104]
1859 Requests increase - April [ref: 26/40/435]
1859 Meeting Improvement Committee 30 June - to be terminated on 31 July - incorrect report on kerbing & guttering [ref: 10/5/159]
1859 Details of kerbing and guttering re Woolloomooloo & Riley Streets -4 July [ref: 26/041/651]
1859 Improvement Committee recommends dispensing with his services -redundant- July [ref: 23/5/87]
1859 Motion to dismiss negatived - underlying reasons for dismissal- debated see report SMH 5 July 1859 p5 [ref: Council Meeting 4 July 1859]
1859 Denies allegations in adverse report which reflect on his professional character - August [ref: 26/41/760]
1859 Finance Committee recommends forage allowance - September [ref: 22/3/40 [313]]
1859 City Surveyor on working relations with Parker - July [ref: 26/041/660]
1860 Accused of favouritism in allocating work to carters - refuted Seymour's report January [ref: 26/44/012]
1860 Requests compensation for damage to clothes, whip - paid - September [ref: 26/46/621]
1860 City Solicitor to defend him at Police Court re Lasseter's encroachment; tried and acquitted, September [ref: 877/1/042-5]
1865 Present at fatal accident to Crotty - inquest report - Jamison St sewer [ref: Empire 6 December]
1866 Request increase - December 1865 [ref: 22/8/47/231]
1868 Salaries of Officers 1868 - request increase [ref: 22/11/8½/71]
1868 Death - 22nd November - age 36 [ref: SMH Death and Funeral Notices, 23 November 1868]
1868 Gratuity £200 to widow Margaret - December - efficient services, 12 years [ref: 22/11/50/283]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003561
