William ARCHIBALD

1809 - 1894  (85 years)

• Name	William ARCHIBALD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1809	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1810	Musselburgh Scotland   [6]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1834  [9]
  	1863 List
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Summerly House, Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3, 7]
  	Engraver, Ordnance Survey
  	William Archibald: Born 1810 in Scotland Engineer ordinance: Sonerly House, Milbrook, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Hermitige, Millbrook Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Engraver on copper Ordnance Survey
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	William Archibald, Civilian, Engravers of Hills
  	Nature of Duties: Engravers of Hills Rate of pay per Diem: 12s 6d Length of Service: 28y 10m
  1871 Census	2 Apr 1871	Hermitige, Millbrook Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Engraver, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Hermitige, Millbrook Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Superannuated Ordnance Survey
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	Hermitige, Millbrook Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Retired Ordnance Survey
  Death	Dec 1894	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  Person ID	I19083	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Louisa ARCHIBALD,   b. 1818, Dublin, Ireland
  Children	1. Louisa ARCHIBALD,   b. 1838, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Helen ARCHIBALD,   b. 1838, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. George ARCHIBALD,   b. 1841, Dublin, Ireland d. 8 Aug 1888, 17, Waterloo Road, Freemantle, Southampton, England (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Lucinda S ARCHIBALD,   b. 1843, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William ARCHIBALD,   b. 1845, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Anna ARCHIBALD,   b. 1848, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4371	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 [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 684; Folio: 96; Page: 14; GSU roll: 542684. Record for Willm Archibald https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=8062486&indiv=try Details: 1851 Census. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 929; Folio: 20; Page: 35; GSU roll: 6096039. Record for William Archibald https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=24968390&indiv=try [S19] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG11; Piece: 1222; Folio: 86; Page: 9; GSU roll: 1341299. Record for William Archibald https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6929499&indiv=try [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: 1200; Folio: 61; Page: 16; GSU roll: 827817. Record for William Archibald https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=539996&indiv=try [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1670; Folio: 419; Page: 41; GSU roll: 193578. Record for William Archibald https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=3416331&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 William Archibald https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=694332&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.