Charles HARRIS

1829 -

• Name	Charles HARRIS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	1829	Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1849  [11]
  	1890 Staff List
  1851 Survey Company	Mar 1851	York, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  	Private, 19th Company, Royal Sappers and Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Royal Sappers and Miners
  	Charles Harris: Born 1831 in England Royal sappers & miner: West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	6425, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Nethersnset, Square, Hethersgill, Longtown, Cumberland, England   [6, 7]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	Charles Harrer: Born 1829 in Middlesex, England Sapper royal enginer: Nethersnset, Square, Hethersgill, Longtown, Cumberland, England
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [3]
  	Sapper. Surveyor
  	Nature of Duties: Surveyor Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 11d Length of Service: 13y 2m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Census	1871	37, Cambridge Street, St George Hanover Square, London, England   [8]
  	Surveyor and Draughtsman, RE
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [2]
  	6425, Sapper, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	26 Aug 1874  [10]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	26 Aug 1874  [10]
  	3747, Charles Harris
  	Name: Charles Harris Date of Birth: Abt 26/1/1828 Date Joined OS: 26/8/1874 Age at Joining: 46y 7m Date Left OS: 30/9/1892 Discharged
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, London, England   [11]
  	Draftsmen, including Examiners of Plans
  	Name: C Harris Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Draftsmen, including Examiners of Plans Branch: Boundary Division (London) Pay per diem: 5s 9d Length of service: 15y 9m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 6d Remarks: 25y Mil Ser Pension 1/3
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	Iliffe Street, Newington, St Saviour Southwark, London & Surrey, England   [4, 9]
  	Civil Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	30 Sep 1892  [10]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  Person ID	I52302	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HARRIS,   b. 1833, Lambeth, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F6083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1851 Census. [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. [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 Details: 1891 Census. Details: Survey Company. Details: 1861. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 3912; Folio: 45; Page: 7; GSU roll: 543205. Record for Charles Harris https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=13166393&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: 113; Folio: 58; Page: 10; GSU roll: 838766. Record for Charles Harris https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=296052&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: 365; Folio: 64; Page: 30; GSU roll: 6095475. Record for Charles Harris https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=12125657&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.