William BIRKBY

1808 - 1886  (78 years)

• Name	William BIRKBY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1808	Aughohill, Antrim, Ireland   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	20 Jun 1827	Coleraine, Antrim, Ireland
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Limerick, Limerick, Ireland   [1]
  	Private, 16th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Survey Company	Mar 1851	York, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  	Private, 19th Company, Royal Sappers and Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Gelston Village, Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Corporal, Royal Sappers and Miners, Ordnance Survey
  	William Birkby: Born 1809 in Antrim Ireland Corporal royal soppers & miners employed on the ordnance survey: Gelston Village, Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
  1881 Census	1881	Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, England   [3]
  	In Pensioner
  Death	10 Apr 1886	Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, England   [2]
  Burial	14 Apr 1886	Brompton Cemetery, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I8442	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Nk BIRKBY
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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. [S220] Ancestry.com, Brompton, London, England, Cemetery Registers, 1840-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records; Series Number: Work 97; Piece Number: 158. Record for William Birkby https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61801&h=131843&indiv=try [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: 79; Folio: 72; Page: 23; GSU roll: 1341018. Record for William Birkby https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=13421689&indiv=try Details: 1851 Census. Details: Survey Company.