Thomas CHICK

1836 -

• Name	Thomas CHICK  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	Sep 1836	Cheriton, Alresford, Hampshire, England   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	30 Nov 1859	Westminster, London, England
  	6187, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Watch and Clock Maker
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1860  [7, 8]
  	1863 List
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	6187, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 Staff List	28 Mar 1863  [3]
  	Sapper. Examiners of Plans on the ground
  	Nature of Duties: Examiners of Plans on the ground Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 6d Length of Service: 2y 5m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	6187, Second Corporal, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1881 Census	1881	Chester, Cheshire, England   [2]
  	Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	6187, Company Sergeant Major, Thomas Chick, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/947
  Military Discharge	21 Jun 1881	Chester, Cheshire, England
  	6187, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	6 Jul 1881  [5]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	6 Jul 1881  [5]
  	4654, Thomas Chick
  	Name: Thomas Chick Date of Birth: Abt 6/9/1836 Date Joined OS: 6/7/1881 Age at Joining: 44y 10m Date Left OS: 14/9/1896 Discharged
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [8]
  	Line Plotter
  	Name: T Chick Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Line Plotter Branch: 3rd Division (Derby) Pay per diem: 7s 6d Length of service: 8y 9m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 2s 0d Remarks: 20y 9m Mil Ser Pension 1/8 per diem
  1891 Census	1891	14, Ward Street, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [4]
  	Surveyor, Board of Agriculture
  Left Ordnance Survey	14 Sep 1896  [5]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  Person ID	I51966	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Eleanor MAXWELL,   b. 1845, Ireland
  Marriage	27 Jan 1862	Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
  Children	1. Anne J CHICK,   b. 1863, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah E CHICK,   b. 1867, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth CHICK,   b. 1870, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Robert CHICK,   b. 1874, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William H CHICK,   b. 1876, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Albert CHICK,   b. 1880, Cheshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 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. [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: 3556; Folio: 87; Page: 31; GSU roll: 1341851. Record for Thomas Chick https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=1601748&indiv=try [S302] 1863 List. A return prepared by Ordnance Survey and sent to the House of Commons on 28 March 1863. The return names all persons employed on the Ordnance Survey except Military Officers and Labourers. The return includes the nature of their duties, rate of pay and length of service. The length of service has been used to generate an approximate date for joining Ordnance Survey. Transcribed by Clive Boocock 2021 1863 List [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: 2729; Folio: 102; Page: 24; GSU roll: 6097839. Record for Thomas Chick https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=20341209&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: FindMyPast. Details: 1863 List. Details: 1890 Staff List.