Twyford Major

1864 - 1926  (61 years)

• Name	Twyford Major  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	2 Nov 1864	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	26 Jul 1882  [5]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	26 Jul 1882  [5]
  	9008, Twyford Major
  	Name: Twyford Major Date of Birth: 2/11/1864 Date Joined OS: 26/7/1882 Date Left OS: 1/11/1924 Discharged at 60
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Crown Street, Portswood, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Labourer Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Nephew
  1911 Census	1911	9, Highfield Grove, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Assistant Electro Typist, Ordnance Survey
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Electrotypist
  	Name: Twyford Major Rank: Labourer Employment: Electrotypist Division: Engraving &c Category: Labourer Pay Rate: 5s 0d War Bonus: �3 3s 0d
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	55, Salisbury Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	Electrotyping Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	1 Nov 1924  [5]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged at 60
  Death	Jul 1926	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I48754	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2026

  
  

  Mother	Matilda Magor,   b. 1840, Wimbledon, Surrey, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Major,   b. 1868, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F6205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1921 Census. [S47] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Record for Twyford Major https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42816760&indiv=try [S154] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2c; Page: 45. Record for Twyford Major https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7579&h=15249925&indiv=try Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1901 Census.