Pennsylvania Families

Frank Wallace Dobson
New York, New York City Births
Name Frank Wallace Dobson
Event Type Birth
Event Date 01 Nov 1882
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Father's Name Charles E. Dobson
Father's Birthplace N.Y.
Father's Age 43
Mother's Name Minnie Wallace
Mother's Birthplace N.Y.
Mother's Age 22

"New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:271Y-H5J : accessed 20 December 2015), Frank Wallace Dobson, 01 Nov 1882; citing Birth, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,176.

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.

Their daughter Minnie's birth record said they were both residents of Fitchburg when she was born

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.

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
no date on record
Frank Wallace Dobson
permanent home address: 1564 Broadway c/o Max E Hayes, NYC
age 35, born November 1, 1882,
white, native US citizen
occupation: theatrical performer
employer: C.B Maddock, 1482 Broadway, NYC
nearest relative: Mrs Sarah R Dobson, 40 Edward Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
signed twice, as Frank W Dobson and Frank Wallace Dobson

tall, medium build, brown hair and eyes, no physical disqualifications
Local Board for District 5, Worcester [county?], Massachusetts

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6N1-1KL : accessed 29 December 2015), Frank Wallace Dobson, 1917-1918; citing New York City no 125, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,766,148.

living at 1564 Broadway, NYC, when he registered for the WWI draft

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.

SSDI:
Name: Frank Dobson
Last Residence: Kansas
BORN: 1 Nov 1882
Died: Jul 1965
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)