Thomas MARKS

1834 -

• Name	Thomas MARKS  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1834	Kirkinner, Wigton, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	4 Dec 1852	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	122, Private, Royal Sappers and Miners, Labourer, Ordnance Survey
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1854%2F395273&tab=this
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jun 1854  [4]
  	1863 List
  1861 Census	1861	Hougham, Kent, England   [3]
  	RE
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	122, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 Staff List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	Sapper. Surveyor
  	Nature of Duties: Surveyor Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 9d Length of Service: 8y 9m Remarks: Sapper
  Military Discharge	23 Jun 1874	Curragh Camp, Kildare, Ireland
  	122, Sappers, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1854%2F395273&tab=this
  Person ID	I16509	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 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. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 550; Folio: 82; Page: 23; GSU roll: 542659. Record for Thomas R E Marks https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=7449358&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.