James AFFLECK

1833 -

• Name	James AFFLECK  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1832	Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  Birth	1833	Eddleston, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland   [3, 7]
  Gender	Male
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Wicket, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Ordnance Survey
  Military Enlistment	19 May 1855	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	3251, Private, Royal Sappers and Miners, Surveyor
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Aug 1856  [1]
  	1863 List
  1861 Census	1861	Bromley, Kent, England   [3]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	3251, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	James Affleck, Sapper. Examiners of Plans on the ground
  	Nature of Duties: Examiners of Plans on the ground Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 4d Length of Service: 6y 7m Remarks: Sapper
  Military Discharge	25 Aug 1863	Woolwich, Kent, England   [7]
  	3251, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  Person ID	I16770	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Isabella AFFLECK,   b. 1842, Melrose, Scotland
  Marriage	16 Jul 1858	Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland   [6]
  Children	1. Robert James AFFLECK,   b. 1859, Belford, Northumberland, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3534	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. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 463; Folio: 26; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542643. Record for Jas Afflick https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=6975257&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: Disability and Royal Artillery Out-Pensions, Admission Books; Class: WO 116; Piece Number: 85. Record for James Affleck https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60917&h=720393&indiv=try [S49] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Robert James Affleck https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9841&h=157173437&indiv=try [S70] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for James Affleck https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60144&h=2831476&indiv=try [S311] Ancestry.com, Edinburgh, Scotland, Army Attestation Registers, 1796-1857, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Edinburgh City Archives-the City of Edinburgh Council; Edinburgh, Scotland; Army Attestation Registers 1796-1857; Reference: Sl 54/7. Record for James Affleck https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62349&h=22474&indiv=try Details: 1851 Census.