John MATHIESON

1855 - 1945  (90 years)

• Name	John MATHIESON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1855	Durness, Sutherland, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	2 Jul 1872  [4, 6]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	2 Jul 1872  [4]
  	3703, John Mathieson
  	Name: John Mathieson Date of Birth: Abt 2/7/1854 Date Joined OS: 2/7/1872 Age at Joining: 18y 0m Date Left OS: 2/7/1919 Superannuated Date of Death: 14/6/1945
  1881 Census	1881	3, Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset, England   [2]
  	Surveyor, Ordnance Department
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Line Plotter
  	Name: J Mathieson Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Line Plotter Branch: 5th Division (Edinburgh) Pay per diem: 7s 3d Length of service: 18y 0m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 3s 3d Remarks: Superintendent
  1891 Census	1891	41, East London Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Surveyor
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	41, East London Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Divn Supt & Supt Drawing, Finding Distance etc
  	Name: John Mathieson Rank: CA Employment: Divn Supt & Supt Drawing, Finding Distance etc Division: 5th Division Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 13s 0d War Bonus: �2 16s 8d
  Left Ordnance Survey	2 Jul 1919  [4]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  Death	14 Jun 1945  [4]
  Person ID	I52318	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Sarah A MATHIESON,   b. 1855, Tredegar, Monmouth, Wales
  Family ID	F6516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1901 Census. [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: 2451; Folio: 33; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341590. Record for John Mathieson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=18843244&indiv=try [S51] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 54; Page: 18; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1891_342. Record for John Mathieson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=4730321&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: July 1918 List. Details: 1890 Staff List.