Pennsylvania Families

Births Registered in Fitchburg, 1915
Reference ID p 7 n 274

Minnie Henrietta Dobson, born May 8, 1915, Fitchburg
father: Frank [Dobson], an actor, born in New York, residing in Fitchburg
mother: Sarah Richard, born in New York, residing in Fitchburg

"Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXKK-79C : accessed 22 December 2015), Minnie Henrietta Dobson, 08 May 1915; citing Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, reference p 7 n 274, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,902.

1915 Census, New York New York, house 394, page 15
at 394 Eight Avenue
Frank Dobson, roomer, 32, born in US, actor
Sadie Dobson, wife, 23, born in Canada, actress
Minnie Dobson, daughter, 26d, born in US, note in last column: Fitchburg, Mass.

New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9KZ-17K : accessed 22 December 2015), Frank Dobson, New York, New York, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 15, line 32, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

1930 Census, Fort Lee Borough, Bergen Co, NJ ED 3, sheet 6B
April 7, 1930
at 1026 Cumbermeade Road

Frank W Dobson, 41, married 1st at 23, born in New York, parents also, actor, theatre
Sadie Dobson, 41, owns the home worth $18000, owns a radio, married 1st at 23, born in Canada (French), parents also, naturalized, unknown when arrived
Minnie Dobson, 15,
Mary Dobson, 9y 5m,
Frances Dobson, 8y 4m,
Jennie Broomall, 64, servant, widowed

All three Dobson children born in Massachusetts

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X48Z-HZL : accessed 13 January 2016), Frank W Dobson, 1930

1940 Census, Fort Lee Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey, (ED) 2-110, sheet 3A and 3B, family 57,
April 3, 1940
at 212 Warren Avenue

Frank Dobson, 59, born in New York, 8 years of school, actor, vaudville
Sarah Dobson, 49, born in Canada, 8 years of school, "American citizen" apparently scratched out
Minette Dobson, 24, born in Massachusetts, 1 year HS, dancer, vaudville
Mary Dobson, 19, born in Massachusetts, 4 years HS, model, wholesale dress loft
Frances Dobson, 18, born in Massachusetts, 2 years HS, clerk, bakery shop

next door: Rose Bergamo, operator of a wholesale dress shop

Minette provided the information. All lived in Fort Lee in 1935

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4PP-RFF : accessed 22 December 2015), Frank Dobson, Fort Lee Borough, Bergen, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-110, sheet 3A, family 57, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2307.

United States Social Security Death Index
Age 85
Given Name Minette
Surname Dobson
Birth Date 08 May 1915
State New Jersey
Last Place of Residence Monmouth, New Jersey
Previous Residence Postal Code 08750
Event Date 09 Jan 2000

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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Minette Dobson
[Minette H Dobson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 May 1915
Birth Place: Fitchburgh, Massachusetts
[Fitchborg, Massachusetts]
Father Name: Frank W Dobson
Mother Name: Sadie Richard
Death Date: 9 Jan 2000
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: May 1937: Name listed as MINETTE DOBSON; 26 Sep 1985: Name listed as MINETTE H DOBSON