Ohannes Abramiyan Efendi

Ohannes Abramiyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Galata, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Galata). In 1888/89 the record shows Sef in Sirkeci, the salary going from 700 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Tefrik Odası in Galata). In 1892/93 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 900 kuruş a month (before: Sef in Sirkeci).

The highest salary, 1,100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Ittihat Posta Memuru. 90 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 27 years with a salary the median is 900 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.97 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.