Daniel SUTHERLAND

1823 -

• Name	Daniel SUTHERLAND  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1823	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	6 Mar 1840	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	4, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1364%2F732209
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1842  [2]
  	1863 List
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [3]
  	Corporal, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1861 Census	1861	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [3]
  	4, Sergeant, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [3]
  	4, Sergeant, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 Staff List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Serjeant. Clerk
  	Nature of Duties: Clerk Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 3d Length of Service: 20y 10m Remarks: Serjeant, Superintending
  Military Discharge	17 May 1864	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	4, Sergeant, Royal Engineers, Lithographic Printer
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1364%2F732209
  1871 Census	1871	Middle Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	6, Westbrook Terrace Middle Street North, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	Store Accountant Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1891 Census	1891	54, Middle Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Living on own means
  1901 Census	1901	54, Middle Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Retired Civil Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  Person ID	I24856	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Eliza SUTHERLAND,   b. 1833, Cookstown, Ireland
  Children	1. Matilda SUTHERLAND,   b. 1852, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Jane SUTHERLAND,   b. 1861, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Helen SUTHERLAND,   b. 1848, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1881 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. [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1053; Folio: 64; Page: 10. Record for Daniel Sutherland https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1059613&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: 913; Folio: 39; Page: 27; GSU roll: 6096023. Record for Daniel Sutherland https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=24947209&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: 1187; Folio: 47; Page: 44; GSU roll: 827809. Record for Daniel Sutherland https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14260287&indiv=try [S69] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Edinburgh Buccleuch; ED: 70; Page: 12; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1861_128. Record for Daniel Sutherland https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1080&h=1294972&indiv=try