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Name: John W. Baker

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Subject: Return of Employees

Document Date: 01/10/1839

PRO Reference: WO56/623

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1. John W. Baker was a Carpenter and Builder by trade, and was appointed Foreman Carpenter at Waltham Abbey on the 10th September 1830. He was promoted to Foreman of Works on the 29th September 1833. More promotion quickly followed, and he was appointed as a Fourth-Class Clerk of Works on the 27th July, 1836. In 1839 his wage was £137.5.0d per annum, with a house provided, which was attached to the Engineers' Office in Powder Mill Lane (WO56/623 dated the 1st October 1839 and WO44/133). The house was shown as Plot No. 73 on the Waltham Abbey Town Map. 2. According to the 1841 Census, Mr. Baker was living in Powder Mill Lane. Neither he or his family were born in Essex. His wife was Mary, aged 35, and he had 6 children - Sophia aged 15, Mary, 12, Richard, 6, Henry, 4, Charles, 2 and Alfred, aged 1.