Peter BRACKEN

1806 -

• Name	Peter BRACKEN  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1806	Temple Michael, Longford, Ireland   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	21 Apr 1825	Dublin, Ireland
  	Royal Sappers and Miners
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Limerick, Limerick, Ireland   [2]
  	Private, 16th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [2]
  	Private, 16th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Railway Square, Chelmsford, Essex, England   [1, 3]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners, Ordnance Survey
  	Peter Bracken: Born 1806 in Ireland Private royal sapper & miners ordnance survey: Railway Square, Chelmsford, Essex, England
  _MILTID	96
  Person ID	I6992	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Nk BRACKEN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bridget BRACKEN,   b. 1812, Ireland
  Children	1. Margaret BRACKEN,   b. 1831, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary BRACKEN,   b. 1841, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ann BRACKEN,   b. 1849, Plymouth, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James BRACKEN,   b. 1845, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Michael BRACKEN,   b. 1847, Kiscowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John BRACKEN,   b. 1843, Deangaste, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 3 May 1908, Redhill, Surrey, England (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1775; Folio: 367; Page: 15; GSU roll: 207422. Record for Peter Bracken https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=4764510&indiv=try [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. Details: 1851 Census.