Daniel COLLINS

1824 -

• Name	Daniel COLLINS  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1824	Kerry, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1827	Vistowel Ireland   [4]
  1851 Survey Company	1851	Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  	Private, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Bridge Street, Witham, Essex, England   [1]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	Daniel Collins: Born 1824 in Kerry Ireland Private royal sappers & miners: Bridge Street, Witham, Essex, England
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1854  [5]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1854  [3]
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [3]
  	Sapper. Spirit Levellers and Contourers
  	Nature of Duties: Spirit Levellers and Contourers Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 10d Length of Service: 8y 5m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Census	1871	Bethnal Green, London, England   [4]
  	Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [2]
  	2268, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Person ID	I19723	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. William T COLLINS,   b. 1864, Harrow, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]   2. Maurice J COLLINS,   b. 1865, Hayes, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1851 Census. [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. [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 [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: 499; Folio: 14; Page: 23; GSU roll: 823377. Record for Daniel Collins https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=12701777&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.