George GILLIES

1842 - 1918  (76 years)

• Name	George GILLIES  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	1842	Old Brampton, Kent, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Street, Walton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England   [4, 6]
  	Labourer, Ordnance Survey
  	George Gillies: Born 1841 in Old Brampton, Kent, England Ordnance survey labourer: Street, Walton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
  Military Enlistment	1 Sep 1862	Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
  	7253, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Dec 1863  [11]
  	1890 Staff List
  1871 Census	1871	Wadhurst, Sussex, England   [5]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	7253, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Military Enlistment	13 Apr 1886	Plymouth, Devon, England
  	7253, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	14 Apr 1886  [10]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	14 Apr 1886  [10]
  	6051, George Gillies
  	Name: George Gillies Date Joined OS: 14/4/1886 Date Left OS: 20/7/1901 Discharged
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [11]
  	Draughtsman
  	Name: G Gillies Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Draughtsman Branch: Publication Division Pay per diem: 7s 0d Length of service: 4y 2m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 6d Remarks: 22y 5m Mil Ser Pension 1/11�
  1891 Census	1891	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Surveyor, Civil Service
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	2, Bond Road, Portswood, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England   [7]
  	Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	20 Jul 1901  [10]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	197 Millbrook Road, Freemantle Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3, 8]
  	Pensioner Company Sergeant Major Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Death	Jan 1918	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  Person ID	I51445	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Henrietta Isabella GILLIES,   b. 1840, West Malling, Kent, England
  Children	1. Albert George GILLIES,   b. 3 Oct 1871, Frant, Sussex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sydney M GILLIES,   b. 1874, Maidstone, Kent, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Kate Edith Mary GILLIES,   b. 1877, St Keverne, Cornwall, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [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: 925; Folio: 117; Page: 15; GSU roll: 6096035. Record for George Gillies https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=10651410&indiv=try [S2] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Record for George Gillies https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42911635&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 1168; Folio: 41; Page: 22; GSU roll: 542767. Record for George Gillies https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=17127432&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: 1048; Folio: 64; Page: 1; GSU roll: 827484. Record for George Gillies https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=12898876&indiv=try Details: 1861. Details: 1901 Census. Details: 1911 Census. [S154] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2c; Page: 98. Record for George Gillies https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7579&h=17999010&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.