Cornelius Walter CAPLIN

1844 - 1908  (64 years)

• Name	Cornelius Walter CAPLIN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	1844	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	5 Jun 1858  [9, 10]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	5 Jun 1858  [9]
  	2677, Cornelius W Caplen
  	Name: Cornelius W Caplen Date Joined OS: 05/06/1858 Date Left OS: 02/11/1898 Superannuated
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	11, Balmoral Terrace, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England   [3, 7]
  	Tracing, Ordnance Survey
  	Cornelius Caplin: Born 1844 in Southampton, Hampshire, England Tracing ordnance survey office: 11, Balmoral Terrace, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England
  1863 Staff List	28 Mar 1863  [11]
  	Civilian, Colourists
  	Nature of Duties: Colourists Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 3d Length of Service: 4y 9m
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	6, Lower Cliff Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2, 6]
  	Engraver Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [10]
  	Engraver of Outline, Writing, etc
  	Name: C W Caplen Rank: CA Nature of duties: Engraver of Outline, Writing, etc Branch: Engraving Branch Pay per diem: 12s 6d Length of service: 32y 0m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 4s 6d
  1891 Census	1891	3, Oxford Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	Engraver, Ordnance Survey
  Left Ordnance Survey	2 Nov 1898  [9]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	117, Avenue Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4, 5]
  	Retired Litho Engraver, Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Death	2 Oct 1908	117, Avenue Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  Probate	21 Oct 1908	London, England   [8]
  Person ID	I52585	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	John CAPLEN,   b. 1804, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane CAPLEN,   b. 1806, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Matilda CAPLIN,   b. 1842, London, England
  Children	1. Cecil Thomas CAPLIN,   b. 1871, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Louisia Jane CAPLIN,   b. 1874, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ada Eliza CAPLIN,   b. 1883, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Cornelius John CAPLEN,   b. 5 Aug 1868, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 29 Nov 1925, 73, Graham Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 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: 915; Folio: 8; Page: 9; GSU roll: 6096025. Record for Cornelius Walter Caplin https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=12860763&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: 43; Page: 22; GSU roll: 1341295. Record for Cornelius J. Caplen https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6842808&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 682; Folio: 55; Page: 54; GSU roll: 542684. Record for Cornelius Caplen https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=16413242&indiv=try [S111] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1068; Folio: 112; Page: 37. Record for Cornelius Caplen https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1158121&indiv=try Details: 1901 Census. Details: 1881 Census. Details: 1861. [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 Cornelius Walter Caplen https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=266832&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List. [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