Sandford - Caledon, County Tyrone

Brenda,

Ordnance Survey was a military unit within the army. If James junior worked for them there may be records in the National Archives at Kew, London. (Might involve a visit to Kew to access the actual records, as opposed to searching the on-line indexes).

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

If James junior was Church of Ireland and born in Caledon, you might find his baptism in the parish records which start in 1791 (parish of Aghaloo). Copy held in PRONI in Belfast. They don’t appear to be on-line anywhere yet.

I searched the British Newspaper Archives for a mention of either James but without success.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLY-WRF 1851 census of England and Wales, James and his wife Ann are boarders with their six year old daughter in Staffordshire England

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5PT-SY1 Christening of Jane Sandford  5/1/1845 Preston, Lancashire England

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J77S-P79 Christening of a daughter Mary Jane Sandford  3/3/1844 Preston

Update on Mary Jane Sandford, this child  christening 5/2/1843 but sadly died 3/3/1844.

Thank you Elwyn and Eileen!