John FERGUSON

1843 -

• Name	John FERGUSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1843	Devenish, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  1861 Census	1861	Dundas Street, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  Military Enlistment	23 Mar 1863	Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
  	7547, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F2778%2F175267
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1865  [6]
  	1890 Staff List
  1871 Census	1871	9, Academy Street, Rosemarkie, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   [7]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	7547, Sapper, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1881 Census	1881	9, Brunswick Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [3]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	1 Apr 1884	Ipswich, Suffolk, England
  	7547, Corporal, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F2778%2F175267
  Joined Ordnance Survey	2 Apr 1884  [5]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	2 Apr 1884  [5]
  	5616, John Ferguson
  	Name: John Ferguson Date of Birth: Abt 2/7/1842 Date Joined OS: 2/4/1884 Age at Joining: 41y 9m Date Left OS: 17/10/1896 Discharged medically unfit
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [6]
  	Examiner on the Ground
  	Name: J Ferguson Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 8th Division (Clifton, Bristol) Pay per diem: 6s 0d Length of service: 6y 3m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 9d Remarks: 19y 3m Mil Ser Pension 1/4 per diem
  1891 Census	1891	Chapel Street, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  	Ordnance Surveyor
  Left Ordnance Survey	17 Oct 1896  [5]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged medically unfit
  Person ID	I51606	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Isabella M FERGUSON,   b. 1847, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
  Children	1. William D FERGUSON,   b. 1870, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bridget M FERGUSSON,   b. 1872, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Henry A FERGUSSON,   b. 1874, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Lucy A. FERGUSSON,   b. 1876, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John T. FERGUSSON,   b. 1878, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Norah Isabella FERGUSON,   b. 1880, Alderton, Suffolk, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5136	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. [S69] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Comrie; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_48. Record for John Ferguson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1080&h=684906&indiv=try [S19] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG11; Piece: 1875; Folio: 18; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1341453. Record for John Fergusson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=20123017&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: 3881; Folio: 33; Page: 7; GSU roll: 6098991. Record for John Ferguson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=6078290&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List. [S53] Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Rosemarkie; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1871_14. Record for Isabella M Ferguson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1104&h=46544&indiv=try