William BRISLAND

1833 -

• Name	William BRISLAND  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1833	Moville, Londonderry, Donegal, Ireland   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	25 Nov 1857	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	5034, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Sep 1858  [4, 7]
  	1863 List
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	5034, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [4]
  	Sapper. Examiners of Plans on the ground
  	Nature of Duties: Examiners of Plans on the ground Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 8d Length of Service: 4y 6m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	5034, Corporal, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	18 Mar 1879	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	5034, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	9 Apr 1879  [6]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	9 Apr 1879  [6]
  	4185, Wm Brisland
  	Name: Wm Brisland Date of Birth: Abt 9/10/1833 Date Joined OS: 9/4/1879 Age at Joining: 45y 6m Date Left OS: 23/4/1892 Discharged
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Upper East Hayes Cottage, 2, Bath Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England   [2, 3]
  	Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [7]
  	Examiner on the Ground
  	Name: W Brisland Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 8th Division (Clifton, Bristol) Pay per diem: 6s 6d Length of service: 11y 3m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 6d Remarks: 20y 6m Mil Ser Pension 1/8 per diem
  1891 Census	1891	Barton Hill House, Barton le Willows, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  	Land Surveyor
  Left Ordnance Survey	23 Apr 1892  [6]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  Person ID	I52128	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Jane BRISLAND,   b. 1843, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Denis BRISLAND,   b. 1862, Hendon, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary BRISLAND,   b. 1866, Richmond, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Isabella BRISLAND,   b. 1868, Newdigate, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William BRISLAND,   b. 1870, Pinner Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Julia BRISLAND,   b. 1873, St Lawrence, Kent, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Peter BRISLAND,   b. 1875, Horsham, Sussex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Edgar BRISLAND,   b. 1877, Ystradgynlais, Breconshire, Wales  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Edward BRISLAND,   b. 1880, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4231	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. [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: 2439; Folio: 50; Page: 13; GSU roll: 1341587. Record for William Brisland https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=18803538&indiv=try Details: 1881 Census. [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: 3976; Folio: 63; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6099086. Record for William Brisland https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=878674&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.