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Biography:

1. WO54/516 dated the 19th February 1816 recorded that Joseph Bray was employed on the 2nd May 1815 as a Casual Labourer, earning 2/8d per day in the Engineers' Department. He was a 36-year-old married man living in Cheshunt with 7 children, and had previously been trained as a Baker. 2. WO54/520 dated the 20th February 1817, recorded that he then only earned 2/4d per day. It also indicated that he had moved to Waltham Abbey. 3. WO54/524 dated the 11th April 1818, recorded that Bray was still employed "Occasionally as required" at 2/4d per day, and that these details remained the same in 1819, according to WO54/528 dated the 19th May 1819. 4. List of Employees dated the 13th September 1820 ( WO54/532) confirmed that Joseph was still employed as a Labourer. His age was given as 42 and the document recorded that he lived in Cheshunt. He was married with 7 children, and still earned 2/4d per day working "Occasionally as the Service required." 5. WO54/536 dated the 2nd April 1821 recorded that Bray was 43 years of age with 7 children, and that his terms of employment, etc., remained unchanged.