Joseph Young ROBARDS

1851 -

• Name	Joseph Young ROBARDS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	7 May 1851	Sandhurst, Kent, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [6]
  	10228, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1872  [7]
  	1890 Staff List
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Redhill, Surrey, England   [7]
  	Company Sergeant Major, Clerks
  	Name: J E Robards Rank: C-S-M Nature of duties: Clerks Branch: 4th Division (Redhill) Pay per diem: 4s 0d Length of service: 18y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 9d
  Joined Ordnance Survey	15 Sep 1890  [5]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	15 Sep 1890  [5]
  	6433, Joseph Y Robards
  	Name: Joseph Y Robards Date of Birth: 7/5/1851 Date Joined OS: 15/9/1890 Date Left OS: 6/5/1911 Superannuated
  1891 Census	1891	Reigate, Surrey, England   [2]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	57, Ladbroke Road, Reigate, Surrey, England   [3, 4]
  	Division Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1911 Census	1911	67 Monson Road, Redhill, Surrey, England   [1]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  Left Ordnance Survey	6 May 1911  [5]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  Person ID	I51211	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Edwin ROBARDS,   b. 1822, Sandhurst, Kent, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah M ROBARDS,   b. 1849, Ramsgate, Kent, England
  Children	1. Florence E ROBARDS,   b. 1875, Plymouth, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Blanch E ROBARDS,   b. 1882, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Kate E ROBARDS,   b. 1878, Summertown, Oxfordshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Gertrude ROBARDS,   b. 1883, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Beatrice ROBARDS, V,   b. 1887, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Charles E ROBARDS,   b. 1885, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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 Joseph Young Robards https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=41726934&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: 577; Folio: 140; Page: 14; GSU roll: 6095687. Record for Joseph Y Robards https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=18055758&indiv=try [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 626; Folio: 81; Page: 26. Record for Joseph G Robards https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=4725573&indiv=try Details: 1901 Census. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. [S306] Survey Company. FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments. Details: 1890 Staff List.