James DAWSON

1858 -

• Name	James DAWSON  [1, 2]
  Birth	1858	Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	27 Jul 1876	Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  	13692, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1878  [3]
  	1890 Staff List
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	13692, Sapper, J Dawson, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/947
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland   [3]
  	Examiners or Revisers on the Ground
  	Name: J Dawson Rank: 2nd Corpl Nature of duties: Examiners or Revisers on the Ground Branch: Irish Division (Dublin) Pay per diem: 3s 5d Length of service: 12y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 2s 1d Remarks: Superintendent
  Military Discharge	31 Jul 1897
  	13692, 2nd Corporal, Royal Engineers
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Market Street, Athboy, Meath, Ireland   [1]
  	Bailiff Pensioner Royal Engineers
  Person ID	I47136	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	James DAWSON
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helena DAWSON,   b. 1867, Co Leitrim
  Marriage	24 Jul 1883	Mohill, Leitrim, Ireland
  Children	1. James DAWSON,   b. 1887, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Marion DAWSON,   b. 1890, Queens Co  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Charlotte DAWSON,   b. 1892, Co Galway  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William DAWSON,   b. 1894, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Ancestry.com, Web: Ireland, Census, 1901, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Class: RG14. Record for James Dawson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=70667&h=9275377&indiv=try Details: FindMyPast. Details: 1890 Staff List.