^^

F Maria Bobier

Eltern

Heiraten und Kinder

Geschwister

Notizen

Hinweis zur Person

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

1861 personal census, Euphemia Twp, Lambton Co., ON, transcribed by the Lambton Branch of the OGS:
Dobbyn Richard, M, Married, 65, born Ire, EM, Farmer, L24 C2;
Maria, F, Married, 64, born Ire, EM;
Maria J., F, Single, 10, born USA, EM;
Grayson Mary, F, Widowed, 34, born U.C., EM;
Richard L., M, Single, 18, born U.C., EM;
William, M, Single, 17, born U.C., EM;
Margaret, F, Single, 8, born U.C., EM;
Mary M., F, Single, 6, born U.C, EM;
Albert, M, Married, 4, born U.C., EM;
James, M, Single, 2, born U.C., EM.

Euphemia Township History 1849-1999, Euphemia Township Historical Society, 1999, p.286-289:
Richard Dobbyn Family
...
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 sailed first; Maria was to follow in a few months. Richard was tricked into taking passage on a pirate ship. After two months' imprisonment, Richard managed to escape through a porthole and swam three miles to the safety of an American ship. A month later, Richard was in Montreal, in time to meet his wife. They came via New York to Tryconnell, arriving before 1820. Several years later, they moved to Zone Township (now Euphemia) settling on Lot 26, Con. 2...
Richard Dobbyn was one of the early teachers in Shetland, and was also a magistrate for many years. Richard served as the first reeve of Euphemia Township in 1850. Richard and Maria had 13 children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. Their five sons built homesteads in the Shetland area. In 1999, only two of the original Dobbyn homes are still standing.
John Dobbyn was the eldest in the family (1820-1911). He married Jane Laird and they farmed at Lot 24, Con 2 until moving to Manitoba in 1882...
Elizabeth Dobbyn (1821-1901) married Rev. Wentworth Hughson and lived at Delaware, Middlesex County...
Richard Dobbyn Jr. (1822-1903) married Elizabeth Laird (1830-1858), and after her death, married her sister Maria Laird (1821-1900). They farmed Lot 27, Con 3, ... Richard and Maria did not have any children. Richard and Elizabeth had four children: Charles Sylvester Dobbyn (1849), Alexander Richard Dobbyn (1851), Lorinda Jane Dobbyn (1853) and Mary Louisa Dobbyn (1856).
William Dobbyn (1824-1917) married Francenna Davis (1833-1855), and then Ellen Gosnell (1840-1915) in 1857. He farmed on Lot 25, Con. 3, ...William and Francenna had three children. William E. Dobbyn (1850) married Lucena Maria Woodhull and moved to Minnesota. The other children were Maria Jane Dobbyn (1852) and Thomas Henry Dobbyn (1853). William and Ellen (Gosnell) had seven children: Anne, Laura, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph, Harriet and Franklin... Anne Dobbyn (1858) died in infancy. Laura Althea Dobbyn (1859-1927) married John Lewis Livingston and moved to Minnesota. Elizabeth Caroline Dobbyn married William Cochrane and moved to California. Sarah Ann Dobbyn (1862-1866) died as a youngster. Joseph Henry Dobbyn (1863-1953) married Elizabeth Moorhouse (1872-1953), daughter of Edward Charles and Margaret (Price) Moorhouse, and they farmed Lot 25, Con. 3 and had 10 children...Harriet Dobbyn (1865-1872) died as a youngster. Franklin Wesley Dobbyn (1872-1931) married Clare McNeil and moved to Minnesota...
James Dobbyn (1824-1917) married Agnes Dolsen (1824-1908) and farmed Lot 26, Con. 2, ... They had seven children: Ida, Jacob, Sara, Marion, James, Ella and Mary... Sara Armaretta Dobbyn (1858-1874) died as a teenager. Marion Edith Ladonia (1859-1946) married David Graham in 1918, and they lived in Shetland. Ella Theresa Dobbyn (1864-1931) married John Henry Powell. Mary Janette Dobbyn (1866-1941) married William James Dolsen and lived in Raleigh Township...James Douglas Dobbyn Jr. (1862-1946), ... married Anna Powell (d. 1955) in 1890. They built a new home on Lot 26, Con. 2, which still stands today. James Jr. and Anna farmed the home farm. They had three children: Agnes, Marguerite and Roland...
Mary Anne Dobbyn (1829-1863), daughter of Richard and Maria, married Alex Dolsen and lived in Raleigh Township, Kent County.
...Thomas Dobbyn (1831-1909), married Lorenda Laird (1834-1931), daughter of George and Winnifred (Scarlett) Laird, in 1856. They farmed Lot 26, Con. 3, ... and were the parents of six children: Dolsen, Eliza, Annie, Winnifred, Alfred and Ida...
Martha Emily Dobbyn (1838-1862) married Gilbert Dolsen and lived near Chatham.
Henry Dobbyn (1852-1825), and namesakes Henry (1826-1826) and Henry (1832-1832), all died in infancy as did Maria Jane Dobbyn (1837-1837).

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907; p.268:
Thomas Dobbyn, a highly respected retired farmer of Euphemia township, County of Lambton, makes his home in the pleasant town of Florence. He was born in Euphemia township, April 21, 1831, son of Richard and Mariah (Bobier) Dobbyn, among the very earliest pioneers of Euphemia.
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, and when a young man had run away from home to enlist on a man-of-war, sailing in the West Indian Islands and South American countries. He deserted the man-of-war, in some of the West Indian Islands, and made his escape to Quebec. Coming west to Lake Erie, he engaged with Colonel Jarvot, as surveyor and land agent, afterward marrying Miss Bobier, in the town of Castlecomer, County of Kilkenny, Ireland. He then came to Euphemia township, locating there in 1820. He received land from Colonel Talbot on the 3rd Concession, Lot 25, where he started life as a farmer and school teacher. He taught school for twelve years, his sons doing most of the farming. He was a magistrate for many years, and was one of the first men to identify himself with the affairs of the township after it had been located. Mrs. Dobbyn died at the old home in 1869, at the age of seventy years, while her husband survived until 1878, when he passed away at the home of one of his daughters, while on a visit, being in his eighty-third year. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbyn were among the early founders of the Methodist Church in this section, in which he was an active worker and officer. Politically he was a Reformer, and was always prominently identified with that party. They were blessed with a large family as follows: John, born in 1821, is a resident of the Northwest, and well known in business circles of Manitoba towns. Eliza, born in 1823, married the Rev. Wentworth Hughson, a local minister of Delaware, both of whom are now deceased. Richard, born in 1826, died in 1903. William was born in 1828. Mary Anne, born in 1829, married the late Alexander Dolsen, of Chatham, Kent County. James, born in 1827, died in Manitoba, while on a visit to that country in 1889. Emily, born in 1836, married Gilbert Dolsen, and settled in Kent County, where she died a number of years ago. Thomas is our subject. These have all left large and worthy families.
Thomas Dobbyn was the seventh member of the foregoing family. He received his education through his father, and later attended the grammar school of Chatham. When a young man he purchased a tract of land on the 3rd Concession, opposite his father's old home, the river being between their two farms, and here he commenced life as a farmer on wild land.
On Dec. 18, 1855, Mr. Dobbyn married Miss Lorenda Laird, born in 1835, in Lambton County, daughter of George and Winnifred Laird, a pioneer couple of Dawn. Mrs. Dobbyn is the only daughter now living, though two brothers, Edward and Richard, are left with her. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbyn settled on the farm and there raised their family to maturity. In 1892 the farm was disposed of, and Mr. and Mrs. Dobbyn now live in the village of Florence.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dobbyn the following children were given: (1) Dolsen, who is engaged in the hardware business in Wheatley, Ont. He married Charlotte Johnston who lived to the summer of 1905. Their children were Walter, Perry, Cecil and Jessie. (2) Minnie, the eldest daughter, became the wife of Fred H. Mills, agent of the Grand Trunk Railroad. Both "crossed the borderland" within two years of each other and their son, Lloyd, is employed in the mercantile office of the R. G. Dun Co., Detroit. (3) Annie is now Mrs. Thomas Risk, of Detroit. (4) Alfred is of the Howden Hardware Firm, London. (5) Ida married J. Z. Johnson, of Princeton, now of Calgary. (6) Winnifred remains at home, and is a successful music teacher. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Dobbyn are good Methodists, the former having been trustee and class leader for many years. Politically he is a stanch Reformer ...

Überblick vom Stammbaum

     
Gregory Bobier   Martha Willis 1770-
| |
|
Maria Bobier 1796-1869