Valentine SINNETT

1831 - 1865  (34 years)

• Name	Valentine SINNETT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1831	Donegal, Ireland   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1849  [6]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1849  [1]
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [2]
  	Private, 16th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	2152, Corporal, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4, 5]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  	Valentine Sinnett: Born 1831 in Ireland Corporal royal engineers: Ordnance Office, Winchester Road, All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	Serjeant. Superintending general duties
  	Nature of Duties: Superintending general duties Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 6d Length of Service: 13y 10m Remarks: Serjeant
  Death	30 Mar 1865	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [7]
  Probate	15 Jun 1865	Principal Registry   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I16535	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	James SINNETT,   b. 1807   d. 10 Aug 1844, Military Medical Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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;), 1861 England Census Record. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 677; Folio: 6; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542683. Record for Valentine Sinnett https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=18200247&indiv=try Details: 1861. Details: 1863 List. [S82] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Valentine Sinnott https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=146123&indiv=try [S82] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).