Hugh MURRAY

1832 - 1912  (80 years)

• Name	Hugh MURRAY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	1832	Dunleckney, Leighlinbridge, Carlow, Ireland   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1854%2F395387
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	8 Nov 1854	Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  	2236, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1854%2F395387
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1855  [1, 11]
  	1863 List
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	2236, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	41, Charles Street, Steynton, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales   [3]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	Hugh Murray: Born 1832 in Ireland Sapper royal engineer: 41, Charles Street, Steynton, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	Sapper. Surveyor
  	Nature of Duties: Surveyor Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 2d Length of Service: 8y 1m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Census	1871	35. Chester Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England   [8]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [2]
  	2236, Sergeant, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	7 May 1878	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	2236, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1854%2F395387
  Joined Ordnance Survey	8 May 1878  [10]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	8 May 1878  [10]
  	4078, Hugh Murray
  	Name: Hugh Murray Date of Birth: Abt 8/3/1830 Date Joined OS: 8/5/1878 Age at Joining: 48y 2m Date Left OS: 30/6/1893 Discharged
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Bungay Road, Halesworth, Blything, Suffolk, England   [4]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey Chelsea Pensioner
  	Relationship: Boarder
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, London, England   [11]
  	Superintending General Duties
  	Name: H Murray Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Superintending General Duties Branch: Boundary Division (London) Pay per diem: 9s 9d Length of service: 12y 0m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 3s 6d Remarks: 23y 3m Mil Ser Pension 1/11� per diem
  1891 Census	1891	146, York Road, Lambeth, London, England   [7]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey
  Left Ordnance Survey	30 Jun 1893  [10]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  1901 Census	1901	Jesmond, Northumberland, England   [6]
  	Army Pensioner
  1911 Census	1911	43, Mundella Terrace, Heaton, Northumberland, England   [5]
  	Ordnance Surveyor Retired
  Death	Sep 1912	Northumberland, England   [9]
  Person ID	I52181	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MURRAY,   b. 1837, Corbridge, Northumberland, England
  Family ID	F6707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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 [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: 1861. Details: 1881 Census. [S46] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Record for Hugh Murray https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=35494892&indiv=try [S111] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 4782; Folio: 66; Page: 34. Record for Hugh Murray https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=30609166&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: 389; Folio: 25; Page: 43; GSU roll: 6095499. Record for Hugh Murray https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=9889780&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: 3744; Folio: 31; Page: 4; GSU roll: 842135. Record for Hugh Murrey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=15788438&indiv=try [S168] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Hugh Murray https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=24233274&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.