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M Gilbert Henry Dolsen

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Information from Gustus Family Genealogy and Ronald Cox's Ancestors, Cousins and their allied families, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

Blenheim and District Anglican Marriages 1864-1933, transcribed by Jo-Ann Hendry; published by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Raleigh, 27 Feb 1866 at the house of John Broadbent Esq, by L. Gilbert H. Dolson of the Twp of Raleigh & Anne Miller of the same Twp. By: W. Davis. Wit: R. I. Peane(?), W. S. Kinnard.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 537-538:
Gilbert H. Dolsen. The first of the Dolsen family to come to America was Isaac Dolsen, or Van Dolsen, as it was originally spelled, in Holland, the home of the family. Isaac was born in Holland, and upon emigrating to America located for a time in the State of Pennsylvania, but a short period afterward removed to Sandwich, County of Essex, and soon after moved to Raleigh township, County of Kent, where he died about the middle of the eighteenth century. His children are recorded as follows: Isaac, Jacob, Matthew, Peter, Daniel, Hannah and Betsy. Daniel Dolsen was the grandfather of our subject.
     Daniel Dolsen was born May 4, 1773, and died Jan. 23, 1853. He was but a boy when the family located in Raleigh township, and he was reared there, engaged in farming, was a man of economy and good judgment, and accumulated a large property, owning 800 acres in one block, upon a part of which G. H. Dolsen now lives. His death occurred at the age of eighty-five years. He married Abbie Colburn, who, when a girl, met with an unusual and thrilling experience. She was born in Pennsylvania, and in girlhood was captured by a band of Indians and taken to their camp, and made to do the hard labor of cook for the band. She managed to escape some months after, through the connivance of a Frenchman who discovered her captivity. She was the mother of all Daniel Dolsen's children. After her death he married a widow, Mrs. Holmes. Daniel's children are recorded as follows: Isaac, James, John Colburn, Samuel, Betsy, Mrs. Rev. Griffiths, and Mrs. Rev. Willison.
     John Colburn Dolsen, the third son, was the father of our subject and he grew up on the home place and was given a farm of 100 acres, where our subject now resides. His death occurred when he was but twenty-seven years old. He married Maria Scarlett, a native of Hertfordshire, England, and four children were born to them: Ann Abigail, wife of James Scarlett, of California; two infants died young; and Gilbert H.
     Gilbert Dolsen was born on the place where he now lives, Oct. 19, 1830, and had but the educational advantages supplied by the district schools of his neighbourhood. He recalls that as a boy he figured out his "sums" in the ashes, on the kitchen heartstone. At the age of fourteen years he was given the opportunity to attend school at Florence under Richard Dobbyn, which he eagerly embraced, and there completed his education.
     At the age of majority Mr. Dolsen received the farm on which he was born, the same which had been his grandfather's, his father's, his own, and now on this same place live his children and grandchildren, five generations having prospered here. Mr. Dolsen has added largely to the original 100 acres, by purchasing a 200-acre tract to the south, and later 350 acres at Jeanette's Creek, in the township of Tilbury. On the latter place he raises a large amount of stock, at present having 150 sheep and 80 head of cattle. On the homestead farm in Raleigh township, he does general farming and fruit raising, and he is one of the most extensive agriculturists of the township, and one of the most successful and competent.
     Politically Mr. Dolsen, like his father, is identified with the Conservative party, and in years past has been very active in township affairs. He served efficiently for eighteen years on the council, and has been deputy reeve and reeve of the township of Raleigh.
     Mr. Dolsen was married (first) to Emily Dobbyn, daughter of Richard Dobbyn, who died Oct. 27, 1862,, aged twenty-four years and three months. To this union were born four children: Maria Annetta, who married Rev. John Lacock, of Manitoba, and is the mother of twelve children; Emily, who died young; Richard Colburn, born March 28, 1859, and died May 10, 1882; and William, who died May 23, 1862, aged five months and five days. Mr. Dolsen married (second) Ann Broadbent, and the children of this marriage have been: John Gilbert, who died Nov. 27, 1889, aged twenty-two years and ten months; Frederick Alexander, who is engaged in operating the farms, and who married a Miss Longmoore, by whom he has five daughters; and Agnes Maud, D.D.S., who is a successful dentist in practice at Chicago, and who married Fletcher Thompson of that city. The family are members of the Methodist Church.

Euphemia Township History 1849-1999, Euphemia Township Historical Society, 1999, p.286-289:
Richard Dobbyn Family
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     Richard Dobbyn (1794-1883) was educated in Dublin, Ireland and taught school. On April 20, 1815, he married Maria Bobier (1796-1869). The Catholics had confiscated his father's estate, so the young couple decided to come to Canada... Richard and Maria had 13 children, eight of whom lived to adulthood...
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Martha Emily Dobbyn (1838-1862) married Gilbert Dolsen and lived near Chatham...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907; p.268:
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     The parents of our subject were both born in Ireland, and came to Canada as early as 1820. Richard Dobbyn was a man well-educated in the old country ... marrying Miss Bobier, in the town of Castlecomer, County of Kilkenny, Ireland. He then came to Euphemia township, locating there in 1820... They were blessed with a large family as follows: ... Emily, born in 1836, married Gilbert Dolsen, and settled in Kent County, where she died a number of years ago...

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Daniel Dolsen 1773-1853   Abbie Colburn   John Alfred Scarlett 1763-1867   Elizabeth Loella Meredith 1765-
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John Colburn Dolsen 1804-1832   Maria Scarlett 1811-
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Gilbert Henry Dolsen 1830-1914