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John William Harry SLEEMAN

John William Harry SLEEMAN

Male 1878 - 1960  (81 years)


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  • Name John William Harry SLEEMAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Birth 2 Aug 1878  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    1881 Census 1881  19 Valley Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    1891 Census 1891  10 Wilton Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    • Relationship: Son
    Military Enlistment 30 Dec 1892  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Enlisted into the Royal Engineers, 27184 
    1901 Census 31 Mar 1901  Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Sapper Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey 
    • Relationship: Boarder
    1911 Census 2 Apr 1911  Watford, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Corporal, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey 
    RE1914 1 Jan 1914  Rotherhithe, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    27184, Cpl, 4th Division, Norwich 
    Joined Ordnance Survey 30 Dec 1914  [11] 
    Register of Staff 
    Register of Staff 30 Dec 1914  [11] 
    9053, John W H Sleeman 
    • Name: John W H Sleeman
      Date of Birth: 2/8/1878
      Date Joined OS: 30/12/1914
      Date Left OS: 2/8/1933 Last entry, See Staff Record Sheet
      See No 2133 RE Reg, Treated as civilian 30/12/1914
      Date of Death: 13/1/1960
    1918 List 31 Jul 1918  Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Name: J W H Sleeman
      Rank: Cpl
      Division: HQ
      Category: Pay and Mess Book
    1921 Census 19 Jun 1921  5, Forster Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Surveyor Ordnance Survey 
    • Relationship: Head
    Death 13 Jan 1960  [11] 
    Person ID I48709  Ordnance Survey People
    Last Modified 2 May 2026 

    Father John Nicholson SLEEMAN,   b. Abt 1855, Enniskillen, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1909, Bellemoor Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Esther Mary Ann SLEEMAN,   b. 1855, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F814  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret SLEEMAN,   b. 1879, Codford St Mary, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1901  Holy Cross Ashton Keynes Cricklade Wilts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. John Osmond Harry SLEEMAN,   b. 12 Mar 1902, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1966, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Muriel Margaret Gwendolen SLEEMAN,   b. 10 Dec 1903, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Olive Mabel SLEEMAN,   b. 26 Nov 1905, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Gladys Beatrice Kate SLEEMAN,   b. 14 Aug 1908, Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Norah Esther SLEEMAN
     6. Roy SLEEMAN
    Family ID F813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 May 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Ancestry.com, British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
      Record for John William Harry Sleeman
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BritishArmyService&h=1918957&indiv=try

    2. [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1060; Folio: 62; Page: 10.
      Record for John Sleeman
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=1114868&indiv=try

    3. [S110] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Class: RG14; Piece: 7701; Schedule Number: 25.
      Record for John Sleeman
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911England&h=41065135&indiv=try

    4. [S20] Ancestry.com, British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), WO364; Piece: 3752.
      Record for John William Harry Sleeman
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BritishArmy&h=665787&indiv=try

    5. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG12; Piece: 928; Folio: 16; Page: 26; GSU roll: 6096038.
      Record for John N Sleeman
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&h=14465274&indiv=try

    6. [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: 1219; Folio: 31; Page: 51; GSU roll: 1341298.
      Record for John N. Sleeman
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&h=6912224&indiv=try

    7. Details: 1901 Census.

    8. Details: 1891 Census.

    9. Details: 1921 Census.

    10. Details: July 1918 List.

    11. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff.

    12. [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2281; Folio: 160; Page: 16; GSU roll: 87466-87467.
      Record for John Sleeman
      https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=13837948&indiv=try

    13. [S282] Ordnance Survey, Station List 1914, (Name: Ordnance Survey; Location: Southampton; Date: 1914;), Station list of Royal Engineers employed on the Ordnance Survey - 1 January 1914.
      Transcription by Clive Boocock - 2021


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