Richard Walter SCOREY

1841 - 1922  (81 years)

• Name	Richard Walter SCOREY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1841	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	11 Oct 1854  [8, 10]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	11 Oct 1854  [8]
  	2417, R W Scorey
  	Name: R W Scorey Date Joined OS: 11/10/1854 Date Left OS: 25/2/1899 Superannuated
  1861 Census	1861	12, New Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  	Surveyors Clerk
  1863 Staff List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Civilian, Clerk
  	Nature of Duties: Clerk Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 9d Length of Service: 8y 5m
  1871 Census	1871	Gladstone Lane, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [10]
  	Clerk
  	Name: R W Scorey Rank: CA Nature of duties: Clerk Branch: Stores Branch Pay per diem: 9s 0d Length of service: 35y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 3s 6d
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	St Marys Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1, 4]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Boarder
  Left Ordnance Survey	25 Feb 1899  [8]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1901 Census	1901	21, Victoria Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  1911 Census	1911	30, Waterhouse Lane, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [7]
  	Army Pensioner
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	30, Waterhouse Lane, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [11]
  	Clerk Retired OSO
  Death	Oct 1922	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  Person ID	I52633	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Lucy E SCOREY,   b. 1839, Botley, Hampshire, England
  Children	1. Eva M SCOREY,   b. 1859, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1891 Census. [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 [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: 1188; Folio: 17; Page: 27; GSU roll: 827809. Record for Richard W Scorey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14265467&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: 913; Folio: 123; Page: 5; GSU roll: 6096023. Record for Richard W Scorey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=10151038&indiv=try [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1056; Folio: 75; Page: 12. Record for Richard W Scovey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1084315&indiv=try [S154] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2c; Page: 70. Record for Richard W Scorey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7579&h=17768411&indiv=try [S110] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Record for R W Scorey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42902742&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 674; Folio: 44; Page: 33; GSU roll: 542682. Record for Walter Scarey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=8029140&indiv=try Details: 1890 Staff List. Details: 1921 Census.