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Biography:

1. George Teeman started work as a Cylinderman in West Sussex on the 1st November 1796, earning 1/6d per day. A Report dated the 8th May 1801 (Supply 5/221) showed he was working as a Labourer and was unmarried. Note that in this document, anyone not an Artificer was described as a Labourer. 2. A Return of Artificers & Labourers dated the 3rd November 1801 (Supply 5/221) recorded that he was employed as a Labourer at the Cylinder Houses in Sussex. The same document said that since the cylinders had been out of repair, Teeman had been employed in stacking timber in the yards, and levelling and preparing the ground where the cylinders were to be resited. 3. According to Supply 5/224 dated the 30th January 1806, Mr. Teeman was employed as a Cylinder Man, earning 2/-d. per day and he had 10 years' service. 4. According to a further List, (Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807) Mr. Teeman was still employed as a Cylinder Man earning 2/-d. per day. However, George Teeman was not included in the records of 1808, merely a John and a James Teeman.