James GIBSON

1849 -

• Name	James GIBSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1849	Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  1871 Census	1871	Corlarach, Ballachullish & Ardgour, Argyllshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Civil Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1874  [7]
  	1890
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	11474, 2nd Corporal, James Gibson, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/947
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	5 West Crosscauseway, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 5]
  	2nd Corporal Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [7]
  	Superintending General Duties
  	Name: J Gibson Rank: Sergeant Nature of duties: Superintending General Duties Branch: 12th Division (Clifton, Bristol) Pay per diem: 4s 0d Length of service: 16y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 3d
  1891 Census	1891	2, Thorndale Road, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  1901 Census	1901	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [4]
  Person ID	I22021	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary GIBSON,   b. 1850, Glen Urquhart Gaelic, Inverness, Scotland
  Children	1. Margaret A GIBSON,   b. 1880, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary J GIBSON,   b. 1883, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James GIBSON,   b. Abt 2 Jan 1879, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Ballachulish and Argdour; ED: 5; Page: 5; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1871_89. Record for James Gibson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1104&h=359605&indiv=try [S50] Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Edinburgh St Giles; ED: 68; Page: 5; Line: 19; Roll: cssct1881_290. Record for James Gibson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1119&h=3679542&indiv=try [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: 1968; Folio: 61; Page: 18; GSU roll: 6097078. Record for James Gibson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=17399805&indiv=try [S111] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 2366; Folio: 80; Page: 6. Record for James Gibson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=12791952&indiv=try Details: 1881 Census. Details: FindMyPast. Details: 1890 Staff List.