Thomas ALLUM

1828 -

• Name	Thomas ALLUM  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	2 Jan 1828	Chelsea, Middlesex, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	7 Aug 1846	Woolwich, Kent, England
  	1364, Private, Royal Sappers and Miners, Clerk
  Joined Ordnance Survey	1847
  	Assumes 1 year after enlistment
  1851 Census	1851	Bridge Street, Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales   [2]
  	Royal Sapper and Miner
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [1]
  	Private, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  Military Discharge	9 Feb 1864	Montreal, Canada
  	1364, Sapper, 15th Company, Royal Engineers
  	2y 1m service in Canada
  1871 Census	1871	Chelsea, London, England   [6]
  	Surveyor, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Camellia Cottage, Cambridge Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4, 5]
  	Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1891 Census	1891	13, Old Alma Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Retired Surveyor, Ordnance Survey
  Person ID	I7536	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Jane ALLUM,   b. 1837, Chelsea, Middlesex, England
  Children	1. Arthur EMMINS,   b. 8 Mar 1868, Chelsea, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S85] Ancestry.com, 1851 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2493; Folio: 93; Page: 15; GSU roll: 104255. Record for Thomas Allam https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8861&h=15973819&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: 8; Page: 9; GSU roll: 6096023. Record for Thomas Allum https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=15227639&indiv=try Details: 1881 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: 1205; Folio: 14; Page: 22; GSU roll: 1341295. Record for Arthur Allum https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6841479&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: 80; Folio: 64; Page: 29; GSU roll: 824582. Record for Thomas Allum https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=12528155&indiv=try