Merriman, James Henry

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Unique IDPE-001712SurnameMerrimanGiven namesJames HenryBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1883-1927Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 44 years.
Grandson of James Merriman, Alderman 1867-1883 & Mayor 1873, 1877-1878; nephew of George Merriman, City Solicitor, 1880-1893

NSW BDMs Registry: Death MERRIMAN JAMES H 19324/1927 [parents] WILLIAM J & EMMA M registered at NORTH SYDNEY

Board of Technical Education Examination Results: Architecture: [ref: SMH 29 January 1887 p16]; Board of Technical Education, Technological Certificates, carpentry and joining: [ref: SMH 10 April 1888 p5]

Death Notices and obituaries: [ref: SMH 1 December 1927 p10]; [ref: SMH 1 December p16]; [ref: SMH 2 December 1927]; [ref: SMH 7 December 1927 p13]; [ref: The Labor Daily 1 December 1927 p 1]

Details from contemporary sources:
1883 Mayor's appointment articled pupil - July - Sapsford expresses satisfaction with performance - October [ref: 21/16/100 [699]]
1883 City Solicitor to prepare articles of apprenticeship - October [ref: 877/2/066-1]
1884 £40 pa - Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1885 [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £60 pa - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 [ref: 22/31/6(e)]
1887 Request 6 weeks’ leave - illness - granted, January [ref: 26/217/073]
1888 Schedule of Salaries 1887-88 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/35/5(b)]
1888 To be appointed Draftsman - 14 August 1888 [ref: 22/36/12]
1889 £150 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1889 - 4th Draftsman [ref: SMH 13 December 1888 p7]
1889 Given one months’ notice from 1 May [ref: 26/234/713]
1891 Draftsman - £3/10/-week - Temporary appointment for 4 weeks - August [ref: 26/252/1614]
1892 Draftsman - £3/15/-week - Temporary appointment for 4 weeks - January - plans, drawings for Town Hall works [ref: 26/255/179]
1893 Requests a salary increase - October - recommended by City Architect McRae [ref: 26/269/1813]
1894 Request 1 months leave - long hours, much overtime, half unpaid - additional mental anxiety - October - recommended by McRae - agreed [ref: 26/276/1632]
1895 £3/15/- per week - Report on Salaries of Employees [ref: 22/48/22½ (g)]
1895 Request permanent appointment - December - 4 years as Temporary- 11 years Staff - reappointment 1891 [ref: 26/282/1539]
1896 Request increase - 11 years’ service - April [ref: 26/285/642]
1897 Finance Committee recommends appointment as architect and draftsman, December [ref: 22/53/36]
1898 Leave of absence - much work - approved - December [ref: 26/314/3011]
1898 £195 pa - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 £195 pa - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1899 Request leave of absence - December [ref: 26/314/3011]
1899 Payments - Phippard Case Arbitrator - extra remuneration [ref: 21/21/23 [325]]
1900-1927 Plans of Pyrmont Power Station 1900-1927 [ref: CRS 342]
1903 Recommended to be Acting City Architect & City Building Surveyor while Brodrick is on leave, August [ref: 1903/1696]
1918 Acting City Architect and City Building Surveyor - memo 23 July 1918 [ref: 2595/18]
1927 Deputy City Architect & City Building Surveyor - Died 30 November 1927 [ref: SMH 1 December 1927]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003068

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionCity Architect [multiple departments]Draftsman [multiple departments]Articled Pupil [City Architect and Building Surveyor's Department I]City Building Surveyor [multiple departments]Deputy City Architect & Building Surveyor [City Architect and Building Surveyor's Department I]Articled Pupil [City Architect]Related items21/16/100 [699]877/2/066-1Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 188626/217/073Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 188822/36/1226/234/71326/252/161426/255/17926/269/181326/276/1632Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages26/282/153926/285/64222/53/3626/314/3011Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)21/21/23 [325]1903/16962595/18Source systemDatabase of 19th Century Staff

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