Biography:
1. James Haismar was employed as a casual Millwright earning 5/2d per day (WO54/512 dated September 1812).
2. WO54/516 dated February 1816, confirmed James was employed as a casual Millwright by the Engineers' Department, and that he had first worked for the Board on the 19th September 1809 in that capacity. He was a 26-year-old single man living in Waltham Abbey, and at that date was paid 5/8d per day. These details remained unchanged on the 28th February 1817 (WO54/520).