Biography:
1. Joseph Colver was a Casual Labourer in the Engineers' Department earning 2/8d per day for a six-day week, according to WO54/512 dated September 1812.
2. WO54/516 dated February 1816, confirmed that he was employed as a Casual Labourer earning 2/8d per day in the Engineers' Department, and that he was first employed by the Board on the 12th November 1811. He was a 48-year-old married man living in Waltham Abbey, with 8 unmarried children.
3. WO54/520 dated the 28th February 1817 recorded that his pay was then only 2/4d per day, and that one of his children had married.
4. WO54/524 dated the 11th April 1818, recorded that he was employed "Occasionally as required" and paid 2/4d per day.
5. WO54/528 dated the 19th May 1819, confirmed that he was still earning 2/4d per day. On this Return his age was given as 51.
6. List of employees dated the 13th September 1820 (WO54/532) confirmed that Joseph was still employed as a Labourer. At that date he was 52, still lived in Waltham Abbey, and was married with 8 children. He still earned 2/4d per day, and worked only "Occasionally as the Service required."
7. WO54/536 dated the 2nd April 1821, recorded that he was 53 years' old with alll other details previously givenremaining unchanged.
