Robert Frederick Eltham GODDARD

1828 - 1882  (54 years)

• Name	Robert Frederick Eltham GODDARD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	21 Mar 1828	Chatham, Kent, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1847  [11]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1847  [12]
  1851 Census	1851	Fushie, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Private Royal Sappers Or Miners
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [13]
  	Private, 16th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Fushie, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland   [9]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	Robert Goddard: Born 1829 in England Private royal sappers or miners: Fushie, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [13]
  	1255, Second Corporal, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Chalmers Buildings, St Cuthbert's, St George, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 10]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  	Robert F E Goddard: Born 1828 in England Corpl r e ord survey: Chalmers Buildings, St Cuthbert's, St George, Midlothian, Scotland
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [12]
  	2nd Corporal. Clerk
  	Nature of Duties: Clerk Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 6d Length of Service: 15y 5m Remarks: 2nd Corporal
  1871 Census	1871	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey & Chelsea Pensioner
  1881 Census	1881	Hereford, Herefordshire, England   [5]
  	Chelsea Pensioner and Civil Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  Name	R F E Goddard  [13]
  Name	Robert F E Goddard  [12, 13]
  Death	9 Dec 1882	Wandsworth, Surrey, England   [3, 7]
  Person ID	I8772	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas GODDARD,   b. Abt 1800
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah GODDARD,   b. Abt 1800
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Coldstream SCOTT,   b. 1834, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland d. Jul 1895, Wandsworth, London, England (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1857	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  Children	1. Louisa GODDARD,   b. 13 Nov 1859, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Edmund GODDARD,   b. 28 Jul 1861, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Alfred Austin GODDARD,   b. 3 Apr 1865, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. Mar 1927, Headington, Oxfordshire, England (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Emily Frances GODDARD,   b. Abt 1869, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. Apr 1874, Headington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lewis H GODDARD,   b. 19 Nov 1857, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 19 Jun 1911, Kent, England (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Eltham GODDARD,   b. 2 Oct 1855, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 12 Jun 1940, 65, Fairacres Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Edward Hamilton GODDARD,   b. 5 Mar 1863, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 24 May 1918, Military Hospital, Edmunton, London, England (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Edward Hamilton Goddard [S69] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 32; Page: 4; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_124. Record for Robt F E Goddard [S168] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Robert Frederick E Goddard [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG10; Piece: 1187; Folio: 43; Page: 35; GSU roll: 827809. Record for Robert F E Goddard [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: 2595; Folio: 107; Page: 50; GSU roll: 1341625. Record for Robert Goddard [S70] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Elizabeath Scott [S82] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Robert Frederick Eltham Goddard http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=UKProbateCal&h=172979&indiv=try [S135] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Borthwick; ED: 5; Page: 4; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_175; Year: 1851. Record for Robert Goddard http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851Scotland&h=84533&indiv=try Details: 1851 Census. Details: 1861. Details: 1863 List. [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 [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.