David Edward CONNOR

1835 - 1874  (39 years)

• Name	David Edward CONNOR  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1835	Ardmore, England   [1, 2, 4, 5, 7]
  Gender	Male
  1851 Survey Company	1851	Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [6]
  	Private, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1854  [8]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1854  [3]
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [6]
  	541, Second Corporal, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4, 5]
  	2nd Corporal, Royal Engineers
  	David E Conner: Born 1835 in Ardmore, England 2nd corp royal engineer: Ordnance Survey, Winchester Road, All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [3]
  	2nd Corporal. Computer of Distances and Heights
  	Nature of Duties: Computer of Distances and Heights Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 0d Length of Service: 9y 1m Remarks: 2nd Corporal, Superintending
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [6]
  	540, Colour Sergeant, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1871 Census	2 Apr 1871	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [7]
  	Colour Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  Death	1 Apr 1874	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Burial	1 Apr 1874	Old Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  	Grave Oj34
  Person ID	I17097	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth YOUNG,   b. 1835, Ardmore, Ireland
  Marriage	7 Mar 1860	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. Emma K CONNOR,   b. 1860, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William E CONNOR,   b. 1863, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Henry J CONNOR,   b. 1867, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Annie M CONNOR,   b. 1869, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Alfred D CONNOR,   b. 1871, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Richard Christopher CONNOR,   b. Abt 1 Jan 1864, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 9 Dec 1897, Tennyson Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S65] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for David Edward Connor https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9852&h=27273500&indiv=try [S168] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for David Connor https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=7128715&indiv=try [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 Details: 1861. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 677; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542683. Record for David E Connor https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=18200205&indiv=try [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. [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1192; Folio: 6; Page: 5; GSU roll: 827811. Record for David Conner https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14290771&indiv=try Details: 1863 List. [S362] HGS MI.