Thomas TANNYANE b. 1847 Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Ordnance Survey People

1847 -

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Name	Thomas TANNYANE [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	1847	Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
1851 Census	1851	Dalbeattie, Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [2]
1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Manse, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland [4]
	Thomas Tannyane: Born 1847 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Scholar: Manse, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
1871 Survey Company	1871 [5]
	8827, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1881 [6]
	1890 Staff List
1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Derby, Derbyshire, England [6]
	Examiner on the Ground
	Name: T Tannyane Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 3rd Division (Derby) Pay per diem: 5s 6d Length of service: 9y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 6d
1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	Football, Yeadon, Yorkshire, England [1, 3]
	Land Surveyor Ordnance Survey
	Relationship: Head
Person ID	I25872	Ordnance Survey People
Last Modified	2 May 2026

Father	Thomas TANNYANE, b. 1819, Flanden, Ireland
Relationship	natural
Mother	Ann TANNYANE, b. 1815, Ireland
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F4454	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rose MOORE, b. 1845 d. Dec 1890, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (Age 45 years)

Children

	1. Rose TANNYANE, b. 1873, Devonport, Devon, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Richard TANNYANE, b. 1877, St Helena [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Clara TANNYANE, b. 1880, London, Middlesex, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Maud TANNYANE, b. 1888, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Thomas TANNYANE, b. 1890, Bradford, Yorkshire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. John TANNYANE, b. 1882, Hednesford, Staffordshire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F4453 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 2 May 2026

Details: 1891 Census.
[S135] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Urr; ED: 10; Page: 6; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_214; Year: 1851.
Record for Ann Taunyann
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1076&h=255228&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: 3532; Folio: 98; Page: 33; GSU roll: 6098642.
Record for Thomas Tannyane
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=5653483&indiv=try
Details: 1861.
[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: 1890 Staff List.

Ordnance Survey People