John OLPHERT

1833 - 1885  (52 years)

• Name	John OLPHERT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1833	Downpatrick, Down, Ireland   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  1851 Census	1851	Greenwich, Woolwich, Kent, England   [4]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners, Land Surveyor
  1863 Join	Aug 1852  [1]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Aug 1852  [8]
  1861 Census	1861	Milford, Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales   [3]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [2]
  	2628, Corporal, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	Corporal. Surveyor
  	Nature of Duties: Surveyor Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 4d Length of Service: 10y 7m Remarks: Corporal, Superintending
  1871 Census	1871	Ordnance Survey Offices, Commercial Road, Friary, Guildford, Surrey, England   [5]
  	Superintendant, Ordnance Survey
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [2]
  	2628, Colour Sergeant, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1881 Census	1881	18, Canton Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Civil Assistant, Clerk, Ordnance Survey, Chelsea Pensioner
  OS People	Royal Engineer  [1]
  Death	22 Feb 1885	18, Canton Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [7]
  Burial	22 Feb 1885	Old Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  	Grave Gd4
  Probate	19 Mar 1885	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [7]
  Reference Number	16800
  Person ID	I16800	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John OLPHERT,   b. 1807   d. 1849, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth OLPHERT,   b. 1812, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret OLPHERT,   b. 1838, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland d. Dec 1914, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1855	Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
  Children	1. Henry OLPHERT,   b. 1859, Rathfryland, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Jane OLPHERT,   b. 1862, Landshipping, Pembrokeshire, Wales  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Louisa OLPHERT,   b. 1865, Faversham, Kent, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Lucy OLPHERT,   b. 25 Oct 1866, Guildford, Surrey, England d. Apr 1943, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Margaret OLPHERT,   b. 1869, Guildford, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Edith OLPHERT,   b. 1872, Guildford, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Eleanor OLPHERT,   b. 1874, Guildford, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Norah Charlotte Isabella OLPHERT,   b. 22 Nov 1881, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. John Robert OLPHERT,   b. 1856, Lisburn, Antrim, Ireland d. Oct 1925, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Frederick William OLPHERT,   b. 1878, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S208] Ancestry.com, 1861 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG9; Piece: 4160; Folio: 65; Page: 14; GSU roll: 543243. Record for John Olphert https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8768&h=13955411&indiv=try [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1589; Folio: 438; Page: 13; GSU roll: 174826. Record for John Olphert https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=1127819&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: 812; Folio: 49; Page: 42; GSU roll: 838697. Record for John Alphert https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=13361685&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: 66; Page: 20; GSU roll: 1341297. Record for John Olphert https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6880940&indiv=try [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 John Olphert https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=374961&indiv=try Details: 1863 List. [S362] HGS MI.