Robert HIDEY

1825 -

• Name	Robert HIDEY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	17 Jul 1825	Kensington, Middlesex, England   [3, 4]
  Baptism	17 Jul 1825	Kensington and Chelsea, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  1863 Join	May 1845  [2]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1845  [6]
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [1]
  	Private, 19th Company, Royal Sappers And Miners
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	923, Second Corporal, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	2nd Corporal. Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen
  	Nature of Duties: Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 8d Length of Service: 17y 10m Remarks: 2nd Corporal
  1871 Census	1871	Wall Hill Cottage, Rushton, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Sergant, Royal Engineers, Pensioner, Civil Service, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	1881	1, Church Cottage, Tottington Higher End, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Chesea Pensioner, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  OS People	Royal Engineer, Civilian  [2]
  Reference Number	8607
  Person ID	I8607	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel HAULTANFDERHYDE,   b. 1804, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Phoebe HAULTANFDERHYDE,   b. 1801, Warwickshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline HIDEY,   b. 1825, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F6129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Jane HIDEY,   b. 1827, Kensington, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F6128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 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 [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: 4136; Folio: 21; Page: 35; GSU roll: 1341990. Record for Robert Hidey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=11391074&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: 2884; Folio: 41; Page: 17; GSU roll: 836392. Record for Robert Hidey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14980952&indiv=try [S18] Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Dl/T/047/026. Record for Robert Hidey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1558&h=8754888&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.