Andon Tomasyan Efendi

Andon Tomasyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Eczaci.

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), 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 Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1871/72 the record shows Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 38 years with a salary the median is 715 kuruş a month, with 14 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.63 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.