Robert DOBSON, Elder^[1]

1798 - 1860  (62 years)

• Name	Robert DOBSON
  Suffix	Elder
  Birth	24 May 1798	Yorkshire, England   [2, 3]
  	Merl shows him born 24 May 1797
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Aug 1860	Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada
  Burial	Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada
  	E. half Lot 9, Con 9
  Notes	Clergy Reserve Lands were lots set aside for the use of the Clergy. These were disolved and sold after 1850. As a result Robert Dobson leased the land until it could be purchased. Research indicates that Robert Dobson Sr. purchased the east half of Lot 9 and Robert Dobson Jr. leased the west half of Lot 9 until purchase in 1850. Purchase price for the west half 100 acres was seventy - five pounds.
  Person ID	I23650	Ancestors
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	Robert DOBSON,   b. 21 Apr 1767
  Mother	Rachel FAWCETT   d. ?
  Marriage	30 Dec 1794	Lythe, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Family ID	F17352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary DAWSON,   b. 1791   d. 14 Jan 1879, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Robert DOBSON,   b. 26 Dec 1819, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Jan 1907, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F16959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 May 1798 - Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories		John and Beatrice Ann (Waller) Thompson The Thompson Family
  		Extracted from “The Descendants of Robert Dobson, 1818-1907, Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada” by Earle Francis Dobson, B.Sc/Agr., Great, great, great Grandson of Robert Dobson, the Elder, 1798 - 1860. Uxbridge Printing Company Ltd, 1969

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Information from Stan Johnson & Merl Bartley. [S323] Gertrude V. Stovin, The Dobson Family 1797 - 1935. [S165] Earle Francis Dobson, The Descendants of Robert Dobson, 1818-1907, Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, (Uxbridge Printing Company, 1969), Research indicates that Rpbert Dobson was born May 24, 1798, not 1797, as earlier recorded. This is verified by his birth and baptismal registration in the Parish of Lyth Curch Records. [S4] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000).