Entries below from Mater's Day Book — and extracts from the Post Office London Directory for 1895 [POLD]
Albert 24/4/1900 131 [date looks odd on page] Sent Cheque to J. Rigg to refund cash laid out for Albert Russ £2.1.- 20/5/1900 114 Cheque to Thomas Rigg a/c Albert Russ £25.-.- 6/5/1901 119 Sent cheque to J. Rigg (a/c Albert R) £25 POLD: Rigg Brothers: manufacturers of best sheeting, long cloths etc. 1,2,3 Red Lion Court, Watling St EC. Warehouse 6 Mosley St Manchester – mills Tottington nr Bury Lancashire Charles 24/1/1894 26 Mr. E. Lange called in evening at 27 Clifton Hill to consult about Charlie's premium for apprenticeship (£100) which Mr Lange claimed as had been first arranged 6/2/1894 31 wrote to Mr. E. Lange that as he still claimed the £100 in full would he send back the Indentures & we would write off £50 more from his debt leaving £500 POLD: Lange & Co wholesale manufacturing furriers 63 Knightrider St EC Emil 6/1/1894 21 Sent cheque value £25 to Mr W. Shingleton, 60 Bond St. the second & final instalment of second son, Emil's, premium for apprenticeship. 23/9/1896 87 Sent to Mrs Russ 3 cheques as follows Classes & Polytechnic " Emil Russ 17.- 11/11/1897 96 Advance to Emil Russ for Apprenticeship (Shingleton) £25.-.- POLD: William Shingleton 60 New Bond St W tailor Ernest 4/10/1898 102 Sent cheque to Marshall Snelgrove for Ernest £60.-.- 18/2/1903 129 [Sent cheque] Ernest Russ for Tools, Books Etc £40.-.- [Mar 3 refunded £9.-.-] £31.-.- 19/2/1903 129 Sent Cheque to I. M Cable for 2 years premium a/c Ernest Russ £105.-.- POLD:Marshall & Snelgrove silk mercers, mourning warehousemen; dress, costume and mantlemakers; lacemen, haberdashers, hosiers, glovers, outfitters, milliners, furriers, carpet rug and linen factors, wholesale and retail warehousemen. 10 – 20 Vere St W, 334 – 348 and 352 & 354 Oxford St, 14 – 20 Henrietta St Cavendish Sq, 2 – 24 Marylebone Lane. TA Marshgrove TN 3561 & at Scarborough & Leeds I M Cable – to be checked Fred 21/6/1902 128 Fred entered apprenticeship at Mr Thomas Owen Cabinet Maker 18 Oldbury Place, Marylebone, Premium £50, £25 on signing & £25 in 6 months repayable as wages 1st year 4/- wk 2nd 7/- 3rd yr 10/- [see p 127] 25/6/1902 127 Sent Cheque Thomas Owen a/c Fred Russ £25.-.- [as apprentice - see p 128] 2/7/1902 128 Gave Fred Cheque for Tools etc £10.-.- 26/10/1902 128 Sent Cheque to Fred " Drawing Class £1.-.- 3/2/1903 129 [Sent cheque] Mr Owen 1 years' premium a/c Fred Russ £25.-.- " " Fred Russ for tools £4.-.- 18/1/1904 136 Checque [sic] sent to Fred Russ for tools £9.-.- POLD: not checked as we know about Fred Percy 12/10/1894 62 at London Percy Russ entered for 3 months apprenticeship on trial as a cabinet maker with Mr. Frank Praill trading as Edward Praill, 12 New Tun Yd. Tottenham Court Rd - who wishes £30 premium for five years. To be paid back 2/6 per week 1st year = £6.10.0 " " " 5/- " " II " £13.0.0 " " " 7/6 " " III " £19.10.0 " " " 10/- " " IV " £26.0.0 " " " 12/6- " " V " £32.10.0 15/1/1895 65 Mr. F. Praill, Mr. Schoof, Mrs. Russ & Percy Russ met at 99 St. Johns' St. Rd Clerkenwell, to settle details of apprenticeship. The indentures were drawn up for a term of four years only & signed by Mr. F. Praill, Mrs. Russ, & Percy; & witnessed by W. G. Schoof Esq 17/1/1895 65 Paid Mr. F. Praill Exec: cheque of £15, being half of premium required by him 23/2/1895 68 Paid to Percy Russ cheque for tools £11.4.8 20/7/1895 73 Sent cheque to Mr. Praill, Percy Russ £15.-.- 1/1/1896 79 Percy Russ recd. Cheque for tools (advance) £5.16.- 23/9/1896 87 Sent to Mrs Russ 3 cheques as follows Classes & Tools " Percy Russ £1.4.- 5/11/1896 88 Sent duly signed cheque to Percy Russ for Tools £2.-.- 7/1/1898 98 Sent cheque to Percy Russ for tools £5.-.- POLD: not checked as we know about Percy Sidney 23/9/1896 87 Sent to Mrs Russ 3 cheques as follows John Briggs for Sidney Russ £8.10.- 18/9/1897 95 Sent cheque to G Poland & Son for apprenticing Sidney Russ as a furrier and received on the 20th inst a receipt for the same £80.-.- POLD: John Briggs – not found Poland George & Son furrirers 190 Oxford St W William 24/10/1904 137 [Cheque sent ] Kretzschmar (for Willie) £120.-.- POLD: Kretzschmar Robert – hairdresser 55 Park St Camden Town [MJH: this is the only identifiable business from my first search – is it relevant?]
Also noted from POLD:
70 New Bond St Russ & Co wholesale furriers & at Glasgow and Edinburgh
164 New Bond St the Grafton Fur COmpany Ltd manufacturing furriers, fur & skin
importers, dressers and dyers. TA Seaotter TN 35 150
[MJH: this is the business in which Henry Callaway worked - and possibly
- Emily before her marriage]
TA - telegraphic address TN - telephone number