Joseph GREHAN

1831 - 1916  (85 years)

• Name	Joseph GREHAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Birth	1831	Coothill, Cavan, Ireland   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	1 Apr 1848
  	1278, Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1849  [2, 14]
  	1863 List
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Dove Street, York, Yorkshire, England   [1, 4]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	Joseph Grehan: Born 1831 in Ireland Private royal sappers & miner: Dove Street, St Mary Bishop Hill Junior, York, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (East Riding), England
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [3]
  	1278, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Sapper. Computers of Areas
  	Nature of Duties: Computers of Areas Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 1d Length of Service: 13y 10m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [3]
  	1278, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	19 Jun 1877	Plymouth, Devon, England
  	1278, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	20 Jun 1877  [13]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	20 Jun 1877  [13]
  	3980, Joseph Grehan
  	Name: Joseph Grehan Date of Birth: Abt 20/2/1831 Date Joined OS: 20/6/1877 Age at Joining: 46y 4m Date Left OS: 31/10/1892 Discharged
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	10, Cecil Street, Plymouth, Devon, England   [5, 9]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [14]
  	Line Plotter
  	Name: J Grehan Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Line Plotter Branch: 3rd Division (Derby) Pay per diem: 8s 3d Length of service: 13y 0m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 3s 9d Remarks: 28y Mil Ser Pension 1/3 per diem
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	Green Lane, St Werburgh, Derby, Derbyshire, England   [7, 10]
  	Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Oct 1892  [13]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  1901 Census	1901	Preston, Sussex, England   [8]
  	Living on own means
  1911 Census	1911	77, Edburton Avenue, Preston, Sussex, England   [12]
  	Army Pensioner, Surveyor and Draughtsman retired, Ordnance Survey
  Death	Jul 1916	Steyning, Sussex, England   [11]
  Person ID	I52223	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Peter GREHAN,   b. 1807, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rose GREHAN,   b. 1813, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Louisa GREHAN,   b. 1837, Garsdale, Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Henrieta Spencer GREHAN,   b. 1873, Preston, Lancashire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Peter Leonard Hutchinson GREHAN,   b. 1877, Plymouth, Devon, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Joseph GREHAN,   b. 1864, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1851 Census. [S302] 1863 List. A return prepared by Ordnance Survey and sent to the House of Commons on 28 March 1863. The return names all persons employed on the Ordnance Survey except Military Officers and Labourers. The return includes the nature of their duties, rate of pay and length of service. The length of service has been used to generate an approximate date for joining Ordnance Survey. Transcribed by Clive Boocock 2021 1863 List [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. [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2354; Folio: 162; Page: 11; GSU roll: 87618-87619. Record for Peter Grehan http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&h=10897442&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: 2196; Folio: 14; Page: 23; GSU roll: 1341528. Record for Joseph Grehan http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&h=3315007&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: 2196; Folio: 14; Page: 23; GSU roll: 1341528. Record for Mary Louisa Grehan http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&h=3314994&indiv=try [S15] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG12; Piece: 2732; Folio: 49; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6097842. Record for Joseph Grehen http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&h=12831444&indiv=try [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 942; Folio: 93; Page: 29. Record for Joseph Grehan http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=6514372&indiv=try Details: 1881 Census. Details: 1891 Census. [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: 2b; Page: 281. Record for Joseph Grehan https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7579&h=17476356&indiv=try [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 Greham https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=51459124&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.