James BALKWILL

1844 - 1930  (86 years)

• Name	James BALKWILL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	Jan 1844	Huish, Devon, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	16 Feb 1863	Devonport, Devon, England
  	7505, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Carpenter
  1871 Census	1871	Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [10]
  	7505, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  1881 Census	1881	16, Frederick Street, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [5]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [9]
  	7505, Sergeant, James Balkwill, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA ReferenceWO 16/947
  Military Discharge	26 Feb 1884	Derby, Derbyshire, England
  	7505, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	27 Feb 1884  [8]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	27 Feb 1884  [8]
  	5540, James Balkwill
  	Name: James Balkwill Date of Birth: Abt 27/1/1844 Date Joined OS: 27/2/1884 Age at Joining: 40y 1m Date Left OS: 29/2/1904 Superannuated
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [11]
  	Detail Plotters and Tracers
  	Name: J Balkwill Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Detail Plotters and Tracers Branch: 3rd Division (Derby) Pay per diem: 7s 6d Length of service: 6y 3m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 3d Remarks: Superintendent 19y 6m Mil Ser Pension 1/7 per diem
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	25, Peel Street, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [1, 4]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	25, Peel Street, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  	Civil Service, Ordnance Survey
  Left Ordnance Survey	29 Feb 1904  [8]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1911 Census	1911	27, Walbrook Road, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [6]
  	Army and Civil Service Pensioner
  Death	5 Oct 1930	5, St John Avenue, Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England   [7]
  Probate	13 Nov 1930	Nottingham, England   [7]
  Person ID	I51638	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Christina BALKWILL,   b. 1841, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Jane Ann BALKWILL,   b. 1870, Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bertha Eden BALKWILL,   b. 1862, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Alexandra Forbes BALKWILL,   b. 1878, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John BALKWILL,   b. 1874, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. James Forbes BALKWILL,   b. 14 Sep 1868, Alvie,Invernessshire, Scotland d. 12 May 1932, 5, St John Avenue, Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1891 Census. [S53] Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Inverness; ED: 10; Page: 41; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1871_17. Record for James Balkwill https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1104&h=3419513&indiv=try [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 3222; Folio: 60; Page: 24. Record for James Balkwill https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=19024044&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: 2730; Folio: 94; Page: 19; GSU roll: 6097840. Record for James Balkwill https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=3530416&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: 3397; Folio: 123; Page: 33; GSU roll: 1341812. Record for James Balkwall https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=2675622&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 James Balkwill https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=21380655&indiv=try [S7] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Principal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Record for James Balkwill https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=2566810&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: FindMyPast. [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.