Charles DOBBS

Charles DOBBS

Male 1871 - 1944  (73 years)


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  • Name Charles DOBBS 
    Census 1871  Bracebridge, Lincolnshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • No 64, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire:
      William DOBBS, head, married, aged 31, brickmaker, born Brackenfield, Derby
      Ann DOBBS, wife, aged 29, born Worksop, Notts
      George DOBBS, son, aged 9, brickmaker, born Worksop
      Charles DOBBS, son, aged 1 month or 7 months*, born Bracebridge, Lincs
      *More likely 1 month as there is a birth record that fits.

    Birth Mar 1871  Bracebridge, Lincolnshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
      Name: Charles Dobbs Registration Year: 1871 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
      Registration district: Glanford Brigg Inferred County: Lincolnshire
      Volume: 7a Page: 652
      NOTE: Given 1871 census entry has him aged 1 month (or could be read as 7 also), he may have been born late February, early March 1871.

    Gender Male 
    Census 1881  Attercliffe Cum Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1881 census for 150 Carlton Rd, Attercliffe Cum Darnall, Sheffield:
      William Dobbs, head, married, aged 41, greengrocer, born Brackenfield, Derby
      Ann Dobbs, wife, aged 39, born Worksop, Notts
      George Dobbs, son, unm, aged 19, lab. iron works, born Worksop, Notts
      Charles Dobbs, son, aged 10, born Bracebridge, Linc

    Occupation Poultry farmer, storekeeper, dairyman 
    Residence 1908-1915  Kabra, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Found in Post Office directory in several years from 1908 to 1915 at Kabra Qld

    Residence 1915  Boolburra, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Found in 1915 Post Office directory at Boolburra, Qld

    _FGRAVE 160447181 
    Death 27 Sep 1944  Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 Sep 1944  North Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, Qld, Aust Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • DOBBS Charles M 73
      Wednesday, 27 September 1944
      Wednesday, 27 September 1944
      CE 4 9 2332

    Notes 
    • Charles the son of William and Ann Dobbs who arrived in Queensland in 1888 with four children. Marriage reference is 2145.96 ex State Library Brisbane Marriages 1894-97. Charles and Elizabeth lived at Shandon Hill, Mt Morgan. Charles was a crusher foreman (at Mt Morgan mine). They first moved to Kabra and then later moved to Boolburra and took up dairying. Charles was 73 when he died.

    • Index from Queensland Archives for the ship Taroba on which the Dobbs family arrived in Queensland.
      DOBBS William 48 Taroba 17 Aug 1888 IMM/123 118 Z1964 M1703, M1704 DOBBS Ann 46 Taroba 17 Aug 1888 IMM/123 118 Z1964 M1703, M1704 DOBBS Richard 21 Taroba 17 Aug 1888 IMM/123 111 Z1964 M1703, M1704 DOBBS Charles 17 Taroba 17 Aug 1888 IMM/123 118 Z1964 M1703, M1704 DOBBS Eliza 7 Taroba 17 Aug 1888 IMM/123 118 Z1964 M1703, M1704 DOBBS Ethel 4 Taroba 17 Aug 1888 IMM/123 118 Z1964 M1703, M1704
      Possible 1904 death in Queensland for Willian Dobbs. 1904/C003120 Dobbs William William Dobbs Mary Beacroft
      Possible marriage for Richard Dobbs: 1890/C001161 Dobbs Richard Kate Hancock Their children born Queensland:
      1891/C007131 Dobbs Ida Richard Kate Hancock
      1894/C006581 Dobbs Ernest Richard Kate Hancock
      Possible marriage for Eliza Dobbs 1900/C002596 Dobbs Eliza George Beare
      Possible marriage for Ethel Dobbs 1904/C001817 Dobbs Ethel George Henry Ransley

    Person ID I1403  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2023 

    Father William DOBBS,   b. 9 Feb 1840, Brackenfield, Derbyshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1904, Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Ann JACKSON,   b. Oct 1842, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1925, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Jan 1861  Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • UK marriages:
      Name: William Dobbs and Ann Jackson
      Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1861 Registration district: Worksop Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
      Volume Number: 7b Page Number: 58

    Family ID F1943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth ALDRIDGE,   b. 16 Dec 1871, Owanyilla, Mary River, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1952, St Andrew's Hillcrest Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jul 1896  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Helen DOBBS,   b. 15 May 1897, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1996, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
     2. John Alexis DOBBS, COKER,   b. 30 Jun 1901, Mundic Creek, Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1987, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
    Family ID F365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2025 

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