James RESUGGAN

1820 -

• Name	James RESUGGAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1820	St Hillery, Penzance, Cornwall, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	28 Feb 1840	Devonport, Devon, England
  	2, Private, Royal Sappers & Miners
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1363%2F744917
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Cork, Cork, Ireland   [5]
  	Private, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  	With Lt. Robinson's detachment, Merrick, Kirkcudbright
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1841  [6]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1841  [4]
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [5]
  	Private, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Jamaica Street, Edinburgh Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Royal Sappers and Miners
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [5]
  	2, Sapper, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	2, Friary Street, Charles, Plymouth, Devon, England   [1]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	James Resuggan: Born 1822 in Penzance, Cornwall, England Sapper royal engineers: 2, Friary Street, Charles, Plymouth, Devon, England
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [4]
  	Sapper. Surveyor
  	Nature of Duties: Surveyor Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 0d Length of Service: 21y 5m Remarks: Sapper
  Military Discharge	5 Sep 1865	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	2, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1363%2F744917
  1881 Census	1881	East Stonehouse, Devon, England   [3]
  	Chelsea Pensioner Army
  Person ID	I20644	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Helen RESUGGAN,   b. 1839, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Children	1. Ann H RESUGGAN,   b. 1860, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jane RESUGGAN,   b. 1859, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Helen RESUGGAN,   b. 1857, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Eliza RESUGGAN,   b. 1867, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Kate RESUGGAN,   b. 1871, Stonehouse, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Margaret RESUGGAN,   b. 1873, Stonehouse, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Fanny RESUGGAN,   b. 1876, Stonehouse, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Emma RESUGGAN,   b. 1878, Stonehouse, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Florence RESUGGAN,   b. 1880, Stonehouse, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1861. [S135] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Edinburgh St Stephen; ED: 16; Page: 9; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1851_180; Year: 1851. Record for James Refuggan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1076&h=3315981&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: 2203; Folio: 101; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341530. Record for James Resuggan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=3359274&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 [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. Details: 1863 List.