Alexander DUFF

1858 -

• Name	Alexander DUFF  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1858	Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  1861 Census	1861	Cannock, Staffordshire, England   [6]
  1871 Census	2 Apr 1871	Wadhurst, Sussex, England   [5]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	3 May 1871  [7, 8]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	3 May 1871  [7]
  	3809, Alexander Duff
  	Name: Alexander Duff Date of Birth: Abt 3/6/1857 Date Joined OS: 3/5/1871 Age at Joining: 13y 11m Date Left OS: 31/3/1916 Superannuated
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	West Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, England   [2]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Lodger
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Examiner on the Ground
  	Name: A Duff Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 5th Division (Edinburgh) Pay per diem: 6s 3d Length of service: 19y 0m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 2s 3d Remarks: Superintendent
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	Prospect Hill, Catterick, Richmond, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding), England   [1]
  	Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1901 Census	1901	Brechin, Angus, Scotland   [3]
  	Surveyor, Ordnance Survey
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Mar 1916  [7]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  Person ID	I52282	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	John DUFF,   b. 1821, Dunfries Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary DUFF,   b. 1825, Dunfries Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hannah DAFF,   b. 1856, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
  Children	1. Mabel Florence DUFF,   b. 29 Jan 1889, Silsden, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jannet DUFF,   b. 1892, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ann DUFF,   b. 1895, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John R DUFF,   b. 1885, Bideford, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1891 Census. Details: 1881 Census. [S41] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Brechin; ED: 9; Page: 21; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1901_88. Record for Alexander Duff https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=4367842&indiv=try [S40] Ancestry.com, West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records. Record for Mabel Florence Daff https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2252&h=10721153&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: 1048; Folio: 72; Page: 18; GSU roll: 827484. Record for John Duff https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=12899282&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1982; Folio: 22; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542897. Record for John Duff https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=20194757&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.