Thomas T WHITE b. 1848 Manchester, Lancashire, England: Ordnance Survey People

1848 -

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Name	Thomas T WHITE [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	1848	Manchester, Lancashire, England [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	61, Fanshaw Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]
	Thomas T White: Born 1848 in Manchester, Lancashire, England : 61, Fanshaw Street, St Marys Extra, Southampton, Hampshire, England
1861 Census	1861	Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]
	Ordnance Survey
Joined Ordnance Survey	19 Feb 1861 [5]
	2672
Joined Ordnance Survey	19 Feb 1861 [5]
	Register of Staff
Register of Staff	19 Feb 1861 [5]
	2672, Thomas T White
	Name: Thomas T White Date Joined OS: 19/02/1861 Date Left OS: 7/5/1907 Superannuated Discharged 5/12/1866, Rejoined 25/11/1867
Joined Ordnance Survey	Mar 1861 [1]
1863 List	28 Mar 1863 [1]
	Civilian, Messenger (Boy)
	Nature of Duties: Messenger (Boy) Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 6d Length of Service: 2y 0m
1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Victoria Villas, 2, Oxfords Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]
	Engraver Ordnance Survey
	Relationship: Head
Left Ordnance Survey	7 May 1907 [5]
	Register of Staff
RoS Last Entry	7 May 1907 [5]
	Superannuated
Name	Thomas T White [5]
Person ID	I52587	Ordnance Survey People
Last Modified	2 May 2026

Father	John WHITE, b. 1821, Salford, Lancashire, England
Relationship	natural
Mother	Jane WHITE, b. 1820, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F4769	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Emily WHITE, b. 1857, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Family ID	F7337	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	2 May 2026

[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: 1851 Census.
[S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 682; Folio: 33; Page: 10; GSU roll: 542684.
Record for Jane White
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=16412157&indiv=try
Details: 1881 Census.
[S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff.

Ordnance Survey People