Biography:
1. Thomas was working in the Dusting House earning 2/1d per day. In addition, Dusting House men were allowed to watch in turn, for which they received 1/-d. (List of Officers, Foremen and Artificers, etc. Employed - Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807)
2. According to the entry on Supply 5/227 of the 23rd August 1808, Mr. Bird was still employed as a Dusting House Man, then earning 2/3d. per day. Dusting House men "in addition to their pay, they are allowed to watch in turn, for which they receive one shilling."
3. According to a List of Pay (Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810) Thomas was a Corning House Man earning 2/6d per day, and allowed to watch at 1/6d.
4. List of Employees dated the 29th August 1812 (Supply 5/229) confirmed that Mr. Bird was still a Corning House Man who then earned 3/3d per day, in addition to which, he was allowed to watch in turn, for which he earned 1/6d. per night.
5. Bird was still a Corning House Man on the 13th February 1814 (Supply 5/230) with the same rate of pay and still allowed to watch in turn, for which he received 1/6d per night.
6. In a List of Persons Employed by the Engineers' Department (WO54/550 dated the 1st October 1825), it is recorded that a Thomas Bird - possibly the same man as above - had been employed as a Labourer for 4 months since June 1825 on a temporary basis, and that he was to be discharged at the end of the month. This Return recorded that Bird was a married man, aged 59, who had 6 children, and that his pay was 2/2d per day.
