Dadi Fransuva Efendi

Dadi Fransuva Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Rusumat Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1901/02 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 580 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1902/03 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 450 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Edirne).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Pul Kitabeti. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 24 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 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 3.06 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.