Martha and Emma's Daily Schedule
| Time | Martha | Emma |
| 5:45A | Get up and dress (6:45A on Sundays) | |
| 6:00A | Cleans/sweeps outside stairs, then tends to fires; Opens shutters in lower rooms. Brushes parlor carpet, black lead the grate, set and light fire. Get hot water jugs to take up to the bedrooms. | Collects shoes from outside bedrooms for polishing. Brush carpet in dining room; clean the fireplace, black lead the grate, set and light fire. |
| 7:15A | Sets table in dining room for breakfast | Takes coal and hot water up to the nursery |
| 7:30A | Takes tea tray to Mrs. Ashton and helps her dress | Takes hot water to Dr. Ashton for shaving, take clean boots and shoes back upstairs. |
| Opens shutters in drawing room; dusts and sweeps room | ||
| 8:15A | Joins family in dining room for prayers | Joins family in dining room for prayers |
| 8:30A | While family has breakfast, have breakfast in the kitchen. Fetch tray from nursery. Help collect dishes from dining room. Clean the bedrooms and make the beds (mop, sweep, dust, air mattresses, polish furniture). Clean staff's bedrooms and make the beds. Help Mrs. Dobbs' in the kitchen preparing vegetables and washing pots and pans. Check all fires. Prepare the lunch tray for the nursery. | |
| 11:45A | Helps Mrs. Ashton with her afternoon dress. | Does light laundry and mending. |
| 12:30P | Have lunch in the kitchen, while family has their meal.. | |
| 1:30P | Thoroughly clean rooms (mop, sweep, dust, air
mattresses, polish furniture, clean fireplaces, laundry, mending, assisting with food
preparation and cleaning etc.) Monday: Parlor Tuesday: Dining Room Wednesday: Drawing Room Thursday: Master Bedroom/Guest Room Friday: Day and Night Nursery Saturday: Laundry, Servants' Bedrooms Sunday: Assist Mrs. Dobbs |
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| 5:00P | Assist Mrs. Ashton with her dinner dress. | Prepare tea. Check all fires. Staff has tea in service area behind kitchen. Carry hot water up to the bedrooms so family can wash before dinner. |
| 8:00P | Staff eats dinner in kitchen while Mrs. Dobbs' serves the family meal. | |
| 9:30P | Assist Mrs. Dobbs in cleaning up kitchen. Make sure all downstairs fires are safe for the night. Collect water jugs from the bedrooms. Finish tidying up parlour. | |
| 11:15P | Bedtime! | |
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