John DAVISON

1840 - 1911  (70 years)

• Name	John DAVISON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Feb 1840	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	6 May 1855	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England   [6]
  	5562, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1859  [7]
  1851 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	5562, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1861 Census	1861	4, Whales Jaws, Blenkinsopp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England   [5]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  Northumberland Name Books	1861	Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England   [8]
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Sapper. Hill Sketchers
  	Nature of Duties: Hill Sketchers Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 10d Length of Service: 4y 2m Remarks: Sapper
  Residence	1865	Jerusalem, Israel
  	Survey of Jerusalem
  	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Ordnance_Survey_of_Jerusalem_1865.pdf
  1871 Census	1871	Stanley Place, Mold, Flintshire, Wales   [4]
  	Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Surveyor and Draughtsman
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	5562, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	30 Apr 1879	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	5562, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  	Reason for discharge:
  Residence	30 Apr 1879	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  1881 Census	1881	6 Carlyle Place, Edniburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Out Pensioner. ChelseaHospital. Ordnance Surveyor
  Death	1911	Cherrybank, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I8979	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Margaret STOTT,   b. 1847, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  Marriage	1866	Alnwick, Northumberland, England   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Ann DAVISON,   b. 1872, Mold, Wales  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Emma M DAVISON,   b. 1876, Abbey, Edniburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Georgina DAVISON,   b. 1878, Abbey, Edniburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. George Stott DAVISON,   b. Oct 1868, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d. Mar 1875, Northumberland, England (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5199	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 [S50] Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: St Andrew; ED: 31; Page: 2; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_284. Record for John Davison https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1119&h=2839068&indiv=try [S116] Ancestry.com, 1871 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG10; Piece: 5646; Folio: 19; Page: 29; GSU roll: 892481. Record for Margt Davison https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7618&h=27202962&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 3866; Folio: 57; Page: 20; GSU roll: 543198. Record for John Davidson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=13012983&indiv=try [S285] Service Record. Findmypast Details: 1863 List. [S325] Northumberland Name Books. https://namebooks.org.uk/search/