John SLEEMAN

1817 - 1886  (69 years)

• Name	John SLEEMAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1817	Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Cork, Cork, Ireland   [3]
  	Private, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1841  [8]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1841  [2]
  1851 Survey Company	Mar 1851	York, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  	Sergeant, 19th Company, Royal Sappers and Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	North Street, Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [1, 5]
  	Sergeant, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	John Sleeman: Born 1818 in Cornwall, England Sergeant royal sappers miners: North Street, Ripon, Yorkshire, England
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [3]
  	1647, Colour Sergeant, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Colour Serjeant. Superintending general duties
  	Nature of Duties: Superintending general duties Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 6d Length of Service: 21y 5m Remarks: Colour Serjeant
  1871 Census	1871	Betts Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Pensioner, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	1881	8 Bellevue Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Storekeeper Ordnance Survey
  Death	21 Nov 1886	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Burial	21 Nov 1886	Old Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9, 10]
  	Grave Uv37
  Person ID	I19334	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Anne Helen SLEEMAN,   b. 1831, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Mary E SLEEMAN,   b. 1853, Ripon, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Annie SLEEMAN,   b. 1859, Newry, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Maud SLEEMAN,   b. Abt 1859, Emilt Rillan, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Louisa C.S.C. SLEEMAN,   b. 1869, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Gertrude W SLEEMAN,   b. 1871, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Nicholson SLEEMAN,   b. Abt 1855, Enniskillen, Ireland d. 24 Aug 1909, Bellemoor Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Fred Tyers SLEEMAN,   b. 1851, Ripon, Yorkshire, England d. 14 Feb 1929, 46 Ashmount, The Polygon, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Charles Nassau Martin SLEEMAN,   b. 3 Nov 1867, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1851 Census. [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. [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG10; Piece: 1197; Folio: 141; Page: 50; GSU roll: 827815. Record for Johns Sleeman http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1871&h=3814835&indiv=try [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2281; Folio: 160; Page: 16; GSU roll: 87466-87467. Record for John Sleeman https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=13837948&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: 1212; Folio: 43; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1341297. Record for John Sleeman https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6879842&indiv=try Details: Survey Company. Details: 1863 List. [S361] FoSOC. [S362] HGS MI.