John HOBDAY

1863 -

• Name	John HOBDAY  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1863	Gibraltar   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1881 Census	1881	Duffy Lane, Newborough, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  	Surveyor orf the OS Royal Engineers
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Clifton, Bristol   [4]
  	14571, Boy, J Hobday, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/948
  Joined Ordnance Survey	1885  [5]
  	1890 Staff List
  Military Enlistment	11 Mar 1885	Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
  	19507, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [5]
  	Draftsmen
  	Name: J Hobday Rank: Sapper Nature of duties: Draftsmen Branch: 3rd Division (Derby) Pay per diem: 1s 6d Length of service: 4y 9m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 0d
  1891 Census	1891	45, Felixstowe Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England   [2]
  	Surveyor, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  Military Service	Between 23 Oct 1899 and 5 Oct 1900	South Africa
  	19507, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	21 Jan 1901	Netley, Hampshire, England
  	19507, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	251, Hornsey Road, Islington, London, England   [3]
  	Public Baths Attendant
  Military Service	Between 14 Mar and 7 Jul 1885	Sudan
  	19507, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  Person ID	I47284	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Florence E HOBDAY,   b. 1865, Boghampton, Hampshire, England
  Children	1. Ivelienne D E F HOBDAY,   b. 1891, Willesden, London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Idlia HOBDAY,   b. 1896, Holloway, London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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: 2751; Folio: 68; Page: 11; GSU roll: 1341659. Record for John Hobday https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=19257326&indiv=try [S15] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 1048; Folio: 121; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6096158. Record for Florence E Hobday https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=26673587&indiv=try [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 166; Folio: 131; Page: 13. Record for Florence E Hobday https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=2293974&indiv=try Details: FindMyPast. Details: 1890 Staff List.