Pennsylvania Families

Charles' son Frank's birth record says Charles was born about 1839 in NY

New Jersey State Census, 1885, Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, p 78, family 522
[living next door to Benjamin and Jennie (Wallace) Dobson, Charles' brother and Minnie's sister]

Charles E Dobson, age 20 to 60
Minnie Dobson, age 20 to 60
Frank W Dobson, age 5 to 20

"New Jersey State Census, 1885," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6YCD-66Z : accessed 20 December 2015), Minnie Dobson in household of Charles E Dobson, Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey; citing p. 78, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 888,629.

New York, New York City Municipal Deaths
Name Charles Edward Dobson
Event Date 18 Jan 1910
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 71
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Occupation banjo instructor
Birthplace New York City
Burial Date 20 Jan 1910
Burial Place Keyport, New Jersey
Father's Name Benjamin Dobson
Father's Birthplace New York State
Mother's Name Abbie Ripley
Mother's Birthplace New York State

"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2716-L87 : accessed 20 December 2015), Charles Edward Dobson, 18 Jan 1910; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,236.

his occupation on his death record was banjo teacher

Charles E. Dobson
Birth: 1839
Death: 1910
Burial: Green Grove Cemetery, Keyport, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 30314691
[same headstone as his wife Minnie]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30314691