Alexander Erskine EKINS

1850 - 1882  (32 years)

• Name	Alexander Erskine EKINS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1850	Ireland   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	10354, Sapper, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1871 Census	2 Apr 1871	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	10354, Sapper, Alexander Ekins, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/947
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3, 5]
  	Sapper Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Soldier head Relationship:
  Death	21 Apr 1882	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  Burial	21 Apr 1882	Old Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [7]
  	Grave FFf63
  Person ID	I9543	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 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. [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: 1192; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 827811. Record for Alexander Ekins https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14290741&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: 1212; Folio: 12; Page: 17; GSU roll: 1341297. Record for Alexander Ekins https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6878631&indiv=try [S168] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Alexander Ekins https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=10449342&indiv=try Details: 1881 Census. Details: FindMyPast. [S362] HGS MI.