Searching for parents of Thomas Morgan DOBSON b1782 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, July 17, 2011, 19:26 (4882 days ago) @ m p griffiths

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.