William Dobson

[vita]

I'm afraid I know very little about this one.

Name - "official" name and what they were known as

William Dobson

Date and place of birth

Unknown (possibly Islington area,1830s)

Names of parents

Unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

Unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

Mary Ann Taylor (daughter Mary Ann Dobson m William Adderson Pearson

1859)

Occupation(s) - if any

Unknown

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or

haven't found him/her on

Lived London, probably Islington area. Not traced on any census.

Date and place of burial/cremation

Unknown

Details of will/administration of their estate - if applicable

Unknown

Memorial inscription - if any

Unknown

[kiterunner]

Vita, have you got a copy of William and Mary Ann's marriage certificate? If so, doesn't it give William Dobson's occupation? There is a public tree on ancestry which doesn't actually have an image of the marriage cert but gives the date as 16 Mar 1859 at Islington Register Office, with Mary Ann's address given as 5 St James Crescent. The Pearsons are at that address on the 1861 census although the surname looks like Barson (I've posted a link on your William Adderson Pearson thread).

The same tree on ancestry gives William Dobson's occupation as ladies' shoemaker with a date of 15 Mar 1859, so I assume it comes from Mary Ann's marriage certificate.

I'll have a look for him later as I have to go out just now.

[kiterunner]

One of the public trees on ancestry has this as the 1841 census entry for your Dobsons:

1841 census on ancestry

Payn St, St Mary Islington West
William Dobson 45(?) Shoemaker Y
Mary Ann Do 32 Do Binder Y
Mary Ann Do 2 Y

And they have this as your Mary Ann jr in 1851, but of course we would need to try to verify this somehow:
1851 census on ancestry
8 Pulteney Street, Islington West
Thomas Goose Head Mar 43 Engineer & Printer Middx St George Bloomsbury
Lydia Do Wife Mar 45 Middx St Geo Han Sq
Ann Do Daur 12 Middx Islington
Thomas Do Son 6 Middx Islington
Jane Do Daur 3 Middx Islington
Mary Ann Dobson Visitor 11 Middx Islington

[kiterunner]

This could be her baptism, given the address on the 1841 census, but there is no date of birth given, just date of baptism:
11 Dec 1847 All Saints, Battle Bridge, Islington: Mary Ann, parents William & Mary Ann Dobson, 4 Payne St, Boot & Shoe Maker.

There are also these baptisms which could belong to the same family:
1 Nov 1835 St Luke Finsbury, Susanna Elizabeth dau of William & Mary Ann Dobson, Seward Street, Shoe Maker, born Aug 17th
24 Dec 1837 St Luke Finsbury, William Henry born Nov 18th, parents William & Mary Ann Dobson, 42 Seward Street, Shoe Maker

And there is a burial for William Henry Dobson, infant, 13 Jul 1838, at St James Clerkenwell, abode Payne St, White Conduit Fields.

[Merry]

The William Dobson from that 1841 census is still at Payn(e) St (Number 2) in 1851.

William Dobson wid 57 cordwainer b Somerstown (living alone)

and in 1861 this may be him too:

William Dobson wid 65 shoemaker b do not know

That second one is recorded as St George East Industrial School in East Ham, Essex, but think that may be the pages before this one.

[Merry]

That second one is recorded as St George East Industrial School in East Ham, Essex, but think that may be the pages before this one.

Having said that, the head of "household" is a superintendent of schools, so perhaps it is a school?

[kiterunner]

Mary Ann Dobson buried 24 Nov 1850 St Mary, Islington, abode Payne Street, age 42. Would explain why Mary Ann jr is a visitor with another family in 1851.

[kiterunner]

If you know for sure that your Mary Ann's mother's maiden name was Taylor, then this could be the marriage:
London marriages on ancestry
8 Sep 1834 St Pancras, William Dobson OTP widower & Mary Ann Taylor OTP spinster, by banns, witnesses Emma Archer and Emanuel Archer.

But if you're not sure about the name being Taylor, there are some other William Dobson / Mary Ann marriages in the area around the same time.

[Merry]

Those witnesses?


Name: Amy Emma Dobson
Spouse: Emanuel Archer
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 3 Aug 1829
Parish: St George, Bloomsbury
Borough: Camden

Witnesses John Harrison and Jane Colbom (?)

[Phoenix]

Not sure it goes anywhere: Thomas Goose was married to Lydia Gray.