Forrester Dobson

1878 - 1922  (43 years)

• Name	Forrester Dobson
  Born	Aug 1878	Runcorn   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	18 Aug 1878	All Saints, Runcorn   [2]
  Occupation	Canal boatbuilder
  Died	28 Mar 1922	Lower Bebington, Wirral   [3]
  Person ID	I05546	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2026

  
  

  Father	George Dobson,   b. Jun 1844, Burscough ,   d. 1887, Cheshire  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gibbons,   b. Jun 1844, Burscough
  Married	10 Apr 1863	St Nicholas, Liverpool   [4]
  Family ID	F03101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth A Goldstraw,   b. 1880, Kidsgrove
  Married	29 Jun 1905	St Nicholas, Liverpool   [5]
  Children	1. Edward Forrester Seddon Dobson,   b. Abt Feb 1906, Bootle   2. Ivy Helena Dobson,   b. Abt May 1907, Bootle   3. Annie Goldstraw Dobson,   b. Abt Nov 1908, Bootle   4. Joseph Ire Dobson,   b. 17 Feb 1911, Bootle   5. Lilian Dobson,   b. 1913, New Ferry, Wirral   6. David Alexander Dobson,   b. 29 Sep 1917, New Ferry, Wirral  (Age 109 years)
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2026
  Family ID	F00391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Forrester is listed twice in the 1901 census, with his parents in Lydiate and as a lodger in Bootle with another ship's carpenter, Thomas Dobson b1862 Liverpool who married Edith Marsden of Parbold in 1890. No family connection has been found between these Dobson lines: Forrester's grandfather was John Dobson b1812 Ormskirk, while Thomas's appears to have been John Dobson b1804 Liverpool.

  
  

• Sources

  [S286368] GRO Online Index. [S331731] Cheshire Parish Registers (Ancestry). [S010060] DC. [S010069] MC. [S010051] LDS parish records.