John CHAPMAN

1860 -

• Name	John CHAPMAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1 Jan 1860	Ulpha, Cumberland, England   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	15 Jul 1878	Aldershot, Hampshire, England
  	15854, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Clerk and Draughtsman
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1880  [6]
  	1890 Staff List
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	Examiners
  	Name: J Chapman Rank: Corporal Nature of duties: Examiners Branch: 5th Division (Edinburgh) Pay per diem: 3s 6d Length of service: 10y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 9s 11d Remarks: Superintendent
  1891 Census	1891	Sussex Street, Bedale, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  	Corporal Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  Military Discharge	16 Jul 1899
  	15854, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	17 Jul 1899  [5]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	17 Jul 1899  [5]
  	7656, John Chapman
  	Name: John Chapman Date of Birth: 1/1/1860 Date Joined OS: 17/7/1899 Date Left OS: 1/1/1920 Superannuated See No 1610 RE Reg
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Oxmantown Road, Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland   [3]
  	Surveyor, Pensioner Royal Engineer
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Cowper Street, North Side, Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  	Plan Examiner Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head of family
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Proof Examining
  	Name: John Chapman Rank: CA Employment: Proof Examining Division: Publication Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 9s 1d War Bonus: �2 18s 6d
  Left Ordnance Survey	1 Jan 1920  [5]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  RoS Last Entry	1 Jan 1920  [5]
  	Superannuated
  	See No 1610 RE Reg
  Person ID	I50025	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Priscilla CHAPMAN,   b. 1861, South Wales
  Children	1. Ernest Francis Bowen CHAPMAN,   b. 1893, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Daisy Evellyn CHAPMAN,   b. 1895, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Dorothy Mabel CHAPMAN,   b. 1904, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Beatrice Bay C CHAPMAN,   b. 1904, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lilian Gertrude CHAPMAN,   b. 1888, South Wales, Llandilo  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Doris J CHAPMAN,   b. 1891, Bedale, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1911 Census. [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: 4028; Folio: 107; Page: 19; GSU roll: 6099138. Record for Priscilla Chapman https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=902371&indiv=try [S30] Ancestry.com, Web: Ireland, Census, 1901, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Class: RG14. Record for John Chapman https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=70667&h=9896457&indiv=try Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.