My apologies, I read the posting guidelines and tried very hard to keep to the point, I forgot to say please and thank you at the end though. Again, many apologies.

We have spent many hours trawling through this great site and have found lots of helpful information along the way but have now come to a brick-wall with Thomas Morgan Dobson's parents; and are therefore looking for any help that is out there, please.

As the area these ancestors lived is on the edge of the Forest of Dean we are not even sure that they will crop up, however there are lots of Dobsons and Thackways shown, just not the ones we want, although many of their children and grandchildren have been found via your site.

If any other kind person is willing to help we would be very, very grateful.

Many thanks

By Public Member Trees thats on Ancestry I believe ?.

From the free Latterday Saints site (forgot to look!):

England Marriages, 1538–1973 for Thomas Morgan Dobson

Groom's Name: Thomas Morgan Dobson
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Ann Thackway
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 25 May 1812
Marriage Place: Saint Martin,Hereford,Hereford,England
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13865-2
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 1040013

So just as you've given MPG, thanks !.
Now I know the name of the large Church I pass on my regular trips to watch football at Hereford, you never stop learning with this hobby!.
They have a large cemetery so may well be also worth a visit ?
http://www.stmartinshereford.co.uk/

From Latterday Saints they give same 1841 Returns as above, plus:

England and Wales Census, 1861 for Thomas Dobson
Name: Thomas Dobson
Event: Census
Event Date: 1861
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Rassa, Herefordshire
Record Type: Household
Registration District: Gloucester
Sub-district: 4 South Hamlet
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Michaels
Civil Parish: St Michaels
County: Gloucestershire

I presume Rassa means Ross ?

The only BMD info I see for a Thomas Dobson born Herefordshire in 1700s is:

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Thomas Dobson
Name: Thomas Dobson
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Jan 1757
Baptism/Christening Place: Weston-under-Penyard, Hereford, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Dobson
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Mary
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13977-1
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1040031
Reference Number: item 3

Quite possibly our Thomas's father ?

From FoD PRs (there are only eight Thomas/Thos Dobson PRs on whole site, seven in Weston-u-Penyard/Ross), as follows:

Record_ID: 180930
Entry_Number:
Year: 1757
Month: Jan
Day: 6
Parents_Surname: DOBSON
Child_Forenames: Thos
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Weston u Penyard
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Robert Breton rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/3
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: D125

Record_ID: 116791
Entry_Number:
Year: 1801
Month: Jul
Day: 23
Surname: DOBSON
Forenames: Thomas
Residence: Ross
Age_at_death: 44
Officiating_Minister: Richard Walond rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/3
Page_No:
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: D125

Died 1801 aged 44 so born abt 1857. So if is our Thomas's father he died young !
Perhaps explains his absence in later PRs.

He was their second Thomas Dobson:

Record_ID: 180857
Entry_Number:
Year: 1752
Month: Jan
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: DOBSON
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: Jno
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Weston u Penyard
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Robert Breton rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Old style date 1751/52
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/3
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: D125

Sadly:

Record_ID: 116247
Entry_Number:
Year: 1752
Month: May
Day: 21
Surname: DOBSON
Forenames: Thos
Residence: Weston
Age_at_death:
Officiating_Minister: Robert Breton rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: s of John & Mary
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/3
Page_No:
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: D125

(NB: s(on)of John & Mary)

Record_ID: 165948
Entry_Number: 695
Year: 1850
Month: Sep
Day: 10
Surname: DOBSON
Forenames: Thomas
Residence: Penstowe[?]
Age_at_death: 67
Officiating_Minister: G.Garbett Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AG39/14
Page_No: 87
Parish_Chapel: Ross on Wye
Soundex: D125

So this Thomas Dobson died 1850 aged 67, suggesting born abt 1783 ! ..... ?

For completeness here's the other Thomas Dobson from that era:

Record_ID: 338671
Entry_Number:
Year: 1790
Month: Sep
Day: 18
Parents_Surname: DOBSON
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: [not stated]
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AG39/3
Page_Number: 12
Parish_Chapel: Ross on Wye
Soundex: D125

(NB: mother Mary!)

Record_ID: 240972
Entry_Number: 162
Year: 1814
Month: Nov
Day: 6
Parents_Surname: DOBSON
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Ann
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: in this parish
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Ja[me]s Mills Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: AG39/4
Page_Number: 21
Parish_Chapel: Ross on Wye
Soundex: D125

(NB: Parents Thomas & Ann..)

From Latterday Saints, there are many Thomas Dobson Records shown in the area, such as:

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Thomas Dobson
Name: Thomas Dobson
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Nov 1814
Baptism/Christening Place: Ross, Hereford, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Thomas Dobson
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Ann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02308-8
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1040021
Reference Number: item 6 p 21

Mother Ann, again.