Thomas BLACK

1837 -

• Name	Thomas BLACK  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1837	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1855  [7]
  	1863 List
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	2022, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Dam Acre Road, Brechin, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland   [3]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	Thomas Black: Born 1837 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland Sapper royal engineers: Dam Acre Road, Brechin, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Lance Corporal. Examiners of Plans on the ground
  	Nature of Duties: Examiners of Plans on the ground Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 3d Length of Service: 8y 1m Remarks: Lance Corporal, Superintending
  1871 Census	1871	Ordnance Survey Office, The Bay, Broughton, Chester. Cheshire, England   [4]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	2022, Sergeant, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1891 Census	1891	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Land Surveyor
  1901 Census	1901	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Retired Land Surveyor
  Person ID	I8312	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Helen BLACK,   b. 1858, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire
  Children	1. Thomas BLACK,   b. 1883, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Naomi L BLACK,   b. 1887, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5892	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. [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: 1861. [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: 3721; Folio: 53; Page: 16; GSU roll: 842127. Record for Thomas Black https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=24888533&indiv=try [S51] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Dunbar; ED: 10; Page: 1; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_371. Record for Thomas Black https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=2765698&indiv=try [S41] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Dunbar; ED: 10; Page: 1; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1901_407. Record for Thomas Black https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=4277098&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.