From our "Rogues" gallery

Today is too miserable weather wise to be outdoors, so opted to have some Blip fun with some family history.
Pictured are various family members being 2G and 1G grand parents and great aunts.  The background is a transcript of the indenture papers of my wife's great grandfather as an apprentice. (we still have the original handwritten document), and parts thereof make interesting reading, which appear below:

Be it hereby made known, that on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine...........Laurence Murrell a minor aged sixteen years or thereabouts duly assisted by his mother..........declared to put place and bind himself as an apprentice..........to learn the art or trade of a Plumber and Gas Fitter..........period of four years and six months, ......... The said Laurence Murrell doth hereby covenant promise and agree that during the said term he shall and will faithfully diligently and honestly serve him the said Clement Wall Frames...........that he shall not spend waste embezzle or purloin any of the monies goods effects of his said Master That he will not play cards dice or other unlawful games nor frequent taverns or public houses nor absent himself from the service of his said Master
And in consideration of the services so to be performed..........teach and instruct or cause to be taught the Art or trade to the best of his ability........and shall and will pay or cause to be paid to him the following wages to wit:
The sum of fifteen shillings per week for the first year........
The sum of twenty one shillings per week during the second year......
The sum of twenty seven shillings per week during  the third year......
The sum of thirty three shillings per week during the fourth year.....
And the sum of forty eight  shillings per week during the remaining portion of the time - such payments to be made weekly.........;


Thus done and passed at Port Elizabeth aforesaid the day month and year afore written in the presence of the witnesses........


Inod Attestor 
H M Scrivenor
Notary Public


I just love the language usage of the time.
In the entire original document there was no use of any punctuation

Day 33/35 in RSA

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