Robert SENIOR

1826 - 1869  (43 years)

• Name	Robert SENIOR  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1826	Crossland Moor, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England   [3, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Nov 1848  [8]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Nov 1848  [1]
  1851 Survey Company	1851	Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  	Private, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	833, Second Corporal, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Dundas Street, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  	Robert Senior: Born 1826 in England Corpl royal engineers: Dundas Street, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	Corporal. Surveyor
  	Nature of Duties: Surveyor Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 6d Length of Service: 14y 4m Remarks: Corporal, Superintending
  Death	8 Oct 1869
  	Military Pension Record
  Person ID	I16499	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Frances E SENIOR,   b. 1835, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. Agnes Grace SENIOR,   b. 1859, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Jane SENIOR,   b. 1855, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Charles A E SENIOR,   b. 1865, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Alice Maud SENIOR,   b. 1869, Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Frances E SENIOR,   b. 1863, Milton, Perthshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Edwin Walter SENIOR,   b. 9 Aug 1860, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland d. 9 Dec 1936 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Robert SENIOR,   b. 1857, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S302] 1863 List. A return prepared by Ordnance Survey and sent to the House of Commons on 28 March 1863. The return names all persons employed on the Ordnance Survey except Military Officers and Labourers. The return includes the nature of their duties, rate of pay and length of service. The length of service has been used to generate an approximate date for joining Ordnance Survey. Transcribed by Clive Boocock 2021 1863 List [S306] Survey Company. FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments. Details: 1861. [S69] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Comrie; ED: 2; Page: 6; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_48. Record for Robert Semon https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1080&h=684853&indiv=try [S54] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Edwin Walter Senior https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=18194791&indiv=try [S197] Ancestry.com, UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Royal Hospital Chelsea: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books; Class: WO 117; Piece Number: 17. Record for Robert Senior https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60917&h=44781&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1863 List.