DOBIE / DOBBIE / DOBY
RESEARCHERS and LINKS

This page is for the use of anyone researching the Dobie / Dobbie surname of any spelling variation. Please with a short description of your Dobie connection, along with your genealogy website address if you have one. Include whatever info you want as Freepages grants me unlimited disk space. If there's too much to list with your name below, I'll create a separate page for you and link to it.

People based mainly in North America :

• The Dobie Clan of North America : Please write to the newsletter editor:
  Mr. George Dobie, 17154 Valley Creek Drive, Cleveland, OH 44136, U.S.A.
  The Clan hold an annual family gathering which alternates in location between sites near Glencoe, Ontario and in Ohio. They are compiling a history of all lines of the Dobie family and they would love to connect to you.
  

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• P.O. Box 20095, Perth, ON, Canada. K7H 3M6.
  You're looking at my website now, but to briefly summarize my Dobie interests, they are the descendants of John David Dobie and Mary Isabella Russell who came to Canada with their family in 1849. Their children settled in the Chatsworth, Owen Sound, Bruce Mines, Thessalon and Port Arthur areas of Ontario. Scottish roots are in the town of Dumfries and village of Tinwald.
  

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• 7434 Temple Ct., Rockford, IL 61108, USA. (Email updated April 26, 2008)
  Jay has written a major work: "Descendants of Thomas Dobie and Adam Scott Elliot; Early Settlers of Lanark County -- Pioneers of Bruce and Grey Counties."
  It includes:
  
  • 1658 descendants of Thomas Dobie and Adam Scott Elliot through 7 generations - with spouses and spouses' parents, over 2500 people.
  • Photographs of the early generations in most lines.
  • 236 exhibits - obituaries, wedding announcements, news items, letters, etc.
  • Descendant charts through 2nd great grandchildren.
  The price now, including shipping, is CAD $70.00 for orders to Canada and US $47.00 for orders to the US. Other countries, please email Jay for shipping costs.
  

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  My g-g-grandparents.were Mary Dorothy Dobie, born June 2, 1861 at St.Eloi, Quebec. Married to Camille Couture, born 1851 at Trois Pistoles, Que. They lived in Bay City, Michigan when my g-grandmother, Marie Louise Couture, was born Jan. 17, 1885. They later moved to the Algoma district of Ontario (Blind River, Spragge, Thessalon). I hope to find more relatives and info on this lineage.
  

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  Her Dobie interests includes the same Lanark County Ontario family as Jay Nellis above. To see a complete page of Lois' surname interests see: http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/folder/lcgsr2q.htm

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  A small sampling of her Dobie line can be seen on this website -- see: Descendants of James Dobie and Agnes Brown.

People based mainly in Great Britain :

• 5 Lenton Ave., Formby, Liverpool, L37 1XY, United Kingdom.
  His line descends from Isabella Dobie and Robert Anderson. He has also provided a mini-website detailing this Dobie-Anderson connection.

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  His line descends from Alexander Dobie and Janet Sloan, and his updated information can be seen as an appendix to Part One of the Gracie Tree.

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• (Info updated March 21, 2009)
  Robert lives in the Liverpool area and is willing to try and help anyone researching the Dobie name. He has been researching his family for about five years, and so far knows that his great grandfather was Watson Dobie who by trade was a stone mason, born in 1860 in Liverpool and died in 1929. Watson's father was Robert Dobie who was born circa 1832 and was a baker, possibly died circa 1862. Robert's father was also called Robert, and his wife's maiden name was Isabella Boreland (married 16th November 1818). His father was George Dobie who married Agnes Johnston in 1794 in Kirkbean, Kirkudbright, Scotland. George`s parents were William Dobie and Jean Dalglish.
  To summarize:
  William Dobie and Jean Dalglish
  George Dobie and Agnes Johnston (married 1794)
  Robert Dobie and Isabella Boreland (married 1818)
  Robert Dobie (1832-1862) and Harriet Davies (married 1853). Harriet was born in Gresford, North Wales.
  Watson Dobie (1860-1927) and Minnie Jane Milner (1860-1942) (married 1879). Minnie was from Liverpool.
  

  	Watson Dobie and Minnie Jane Milner, circa late 1890's.

People based mainly in Australia :

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  Her line is John Dobbie, son of William and Janet, born at St Quivox, Ayreshire Scotland in 1822. He migrated to Australia 1841 per Earl Gray, married Elizabeth Thomson in 1843 at Bathurst, Australia.

People based mainly in New Zealand :

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  We're looking for further information on Mary Dobbie, who married William Hanning, with whom she had a daughter, Jane, born 12 May 1792, probably in Glasgow, Scotland. Any information gratefully received.