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Name: Charles Turnham

Birth Date: 00/00/1787

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Sex: M

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Place of Birth: Waltham Abbey

Subject: List of Foremen, Artificers and Labourers Employed

Document Date: 30/01/1806

PRO Reference: Supply 5/224

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Biography:

1. Charles Turnham was the only son of William and Ann Turnham, and was baptised at Waltham Abbey on the 31st August 1787 (W.A.G.P., p.117). He was employed as a Labourer in the Autumn of 1805, drawing and setting stoves, etc., and earned 2/-d per day (Supply 5/224). 2. According to the List of Officers, Foremen, Artificers, etc. Employed dated the 23rd August 1808 (Supply 5/227), Charles was employed as a Labourer, "setting and drawing stoves, and in Willow Plantations, etc." earning 2/-d per day, and he was allowed to watch in turn. This was also the case in September 1810, according to Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810. 3. By August 1812 he was employed as a Puntman, paid 2/8d per day and allowed to watch in turn (Supply 5/229 dated the 29th August 1812). 4. Charles was a Corning House man on the 13th February 1814 according to Supply 5/230 of that date, and paid 3/3d per day as well as being allowed to watch in turn, for which he received 1/6d per night. 5. Following the end of the Napoleonic war when the need for gunpowder was severely reduced, Charles was not retained.