Andrew ROBERTSON

1822 - 1874  (52 years)

• Name	Andrew ROBERTSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1822	West Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3, 4, 5, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	13 Dec 1841	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	571, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Painter and Glaisier
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1363%2F744944
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Apr 1843  [8]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Apr 1843  [2]
  1851 Census	1851	Coventry, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  	Corporal, Royal Sappers and Miners
  1851 Survey Company	1851	Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  	Second Corporal, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1861 Census	1861	Holland Road, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England   [5]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	571, Sergeant, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Serjeant. Superintending general duties
  	Nature of Duties: Superintending general duties Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 6d Length of Service: 19y 11m Remarks: Serjeant
  Military Discharge	2 Jan 1866	London, England
  	571, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1363%2F744944
  1871 Census	1871	23, St Mary's Square, Lambeth, London, England   [4]
  	Ordnance Surveyor
  Death	1874	Southwark, London, England   [6]
  Burial	29 Aug 1874	Southwark, London, England   [6]
  Person ID	I9457	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann ROBERTSON,   b. 1829, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England
  Marriage	30 Aug 1848	Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  Children	1. Andrews Harry ROBERTSON,   b. 1853, York, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah Ann ROBERTSON,   b. 1856, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Thomas ROBERTSON,   b. 1858, Kelso Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Jane ROBERTSON,   b. 1860, Kelso Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Alice ROBERTSON,   b. 1864, Pimlico, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Charles ROBERTSON,   b. 1867, Lambeth, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Louisa ROBERTSON,   b. 1868, Lambeth, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. George ROBERTSON,   b. 1870, Lambeth, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Margt ROBERTSON,   b. 1850, West Drayton  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6721	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 [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2067; Folio: 117; Page: 23; GSU roll: 87329-87330. Record for Andrew Robertson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=9373923&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: 663; Folio: 87; Page: 32; GSU roll: 823321. Record for Andrew Robertson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=2360546&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 24; Folio: 76; Page: 20; GSU roll: 542558. Record for Sarah Robertson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=104880&indiv=try [S201] Ancestry.com, Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes. Record for Andrew Robertson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=70845&h=3442078&indiv=try [S343] Ancestry.com, North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), North Riding Record Office; Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England; Parish Registers for North Yorkshire; Reference: PR/FY 1/12. Record for Andrew Robertson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62237&h=616314&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.