James BROPHY

1845 -

• Name	James BROPHY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1845	Wakefield, Yorkshire, England   [2, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1845	Skipton, Yorkshire, England   [6]
  1851 Census	1851	Wakefield, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Westgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  	James Brophy: Born 1845 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Scholar: Westgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Sep 1855  [9]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Sep 1855  [1]
  1861 Census	1861	Caldewgate, Carlisle, Cumberland, England   [2]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	8, Milburn Street, Caldewgate, Carlisle, Cumberland, England   [8]
  	James Brophy: Born 1845 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England -: 8, Milburn Street, Caldewgate, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [1]
  	Civilian, Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen
  	Nature of Duties: Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 1d Length of Service: 7y 6m
  1871 Census	1871	Folkestone, Kent, England   [5]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [3]
  	9696, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1881 Census	1881	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England   [6]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  Person ID	I16961	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	William BROPHY,   b. 11 Jun 1819, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Honora COLLINS,   b. 1815, Mablon, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Nov 1840	Mallow, Ireland, Ireland   [10]
  Family ID	F5013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah BROPHY,   b. 1852, Ashford Kent England
  Children	1. Frank BROPHY,   b. 1872, Tunbridge, Kent, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary BROPHY,   b. 1876, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Edward BROPHY,   b. 1879, Pimlico, London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 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 [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 3920; Folio: 6; Page: 5; GSU roll: 543206. Record for William Brophy https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=13193911&indiv=try [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. [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2327; Folio: 219; Page: 9; GSU roll: 87565-87566. Record for William Brophy https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=13976481&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: 1014; Folio: 68; Page: 16; GSU roll: 827263. Record for James Brophy https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14022785&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: 2572; Folio: 23; Page: 40; GSU roll: 1341620. Record for James Brophy https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6385695&indiv=try Details: 1851 Census. Details: 1861. Details: 1863 List. [S142] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04997 / 06. Record for William Brophy https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61039&h=9344859&indiv=try