Robert George DREW

1862 - 1931  (68 years)

• Name	Robert George DREW  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	10 Apr 1862	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11]
  Gender	Male
  1871 Census	1871	21 Peterborough Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	1 Aug 1876  [11, 12]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	1 Aug 1876  [11]
  	3913, R G Drew
  	Name: R G Drew Date of Birth: 10/4/1862 Date Joined OS: 1/8/1876 Date Left OS: 31/12/1921 Discharged on abolition of office
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	5, Padwell Road Cedar Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2, 8]
  	Civil Assistant Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Son
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [12]
  	Typer and Stamper
  	Name: R G Drew Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Typer and Stamper Branch: Publication Division Pay per diem: 5s 4d Length of service: 13y 11m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 3s 4d
  1891 Census	1891	44, Padwell Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	Clerk, Ordnance Survey
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	5, Cromwell Road, Shirley, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England   [5, 7]
  	Civil Servant Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1911 Census	1911	19 Denzil Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Draughtsman, Ordnance Survey
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [10]
  	Clerks in Store Dept
  	Name: Robt G Drew Rank: CA Employment: Clerks in Store Dept Division: HQ Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 8s 11d War Bonus: �2 18s 6d
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	19, Denzil Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Civil Service Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Dec 1921  [11]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged on abolition of office
  Death	1931	19, Denzil Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  Probate	10 Jul 1931	Winchester   [9]
  Person ID	I52245	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert DREW,   b. 4 Jul 1838, Woolwich, Kent, England d. 30 Jan 1917, 19 Denzil Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Ann DREW,   b. 1839, Poplar, Middlesex, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Katherine DREW,   b. 1865, Paris, France
  Children	1. Robert Murdoch DREW,   b. 1893, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frederick James DREW,   b. 1898, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [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: 913; Folio: 34; Page: 18; GSU roll: 6096023. Record for Robert Drew https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=24947549&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: 1205; Folio: 25; Page: 43; GSU roll: 1341295. Record for Robert Drew https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6842032&indiv=try [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1197; Folio: 124; Page: 16; GSU roll: 827815. Record for Robert Drew https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=3814039&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 Robert George Drew https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42832807&indiv=try [S111] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1074; Folio: 68; Page: 35. Record for Robert G Drew https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1194418&indiv=try Details: 1921 Census. Details: 1901 Census. Details: 1881 Census. [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;), Principal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Record for Robert George Drew https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=3675819&indiv=try Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.