Arthur Walter OSBORN

1854 - 1925  (71 years)

• Name	Arthur Walter OSBORN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1854	London, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	6 Dec 1876
  	13987, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F3595%2F200330
  _MILT	Between 2 Dec 1878 and 10 May 1880	South Africa
  	13987, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F3595%2F200330
  1881 Census	1881	Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent, England   [6]
  	Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Mar 1884  [8]
  	1890 Staff List
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  	Artificers
  	Name: A Osborn Rank: Sergeant Nature of duties: Artificers Branch: Stores Branch Pay per diem: 4s 0d Length of service: 6y 4m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 0d
  1891 Census	1891	81, Valley Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	7 Dec 1897
  	13987, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F3595%2F200330
  Joined Ordnance Survey	8 Dec 1897  [7]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	8 Dec 1897  [7]
  	7411, Arthur Osborn
  	Name: Arthur Osborn Date of Birth: Abt 8/12/1854 Date Joined OS: 8/12/1897 Age at Joining: 43y 0m Date Left OS: 31/3/1916 Discharged on reduction See No 1830 RE Reg
  1901 Census	1901	10, Cambridge Road, Bevois Mount, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Optician, Civel Service
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	10, Cambridge Road, Bevois Mount, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1, 2]
  	Optician Ordnance Survey Army Pensioner
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Mar 1916  [7]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged on reduction
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	10, Cambridge Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  	Pensioner, Army
  Death	20 Jan 1925	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Cambridge Road, Bevois Mount, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Probate	14 Feb 1925	London, England   [5]
  Person ID	I50270	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Ellen HODGEKISS,   b. 1854, Cork, Ireland
  Marriage	27 Apr 1884	Southampton, Hampshire, England
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  Children	1. Mary Jane OSBORN,   b. 1873, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1911 Census. [S45] 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 Arthur Walter Osborn https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42829434&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: 925; Folio: 73; Page: 29; GSU roll: 6096035. Record for Arthur Walter Osborn https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=24963743&indiv=try [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1053; Folio: 15; Page: 22. Record for Arthur W Osborn https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1057186&indiv=try [S7] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Arthur Walter Osborn https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=6116093&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: 897; Folio: 39; Page: 11; GSU roll: 1341213. Record for Arthur Osborn https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=8105428&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List. Details: 1921 Census.