Dobson Family History
Dobson Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name
Dobbe. This is also established in Ireland,
notably County Leitrim.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dobson
Name Distribution of Dobson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dobson families
 90 - 178  31 - 89 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dobson families
|
1,958 - 3,914 653 - 1,957 |
1 - 652 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dobson families
|
79 - 156 27 - 78 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dobson Family Origin
Dobson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dobson
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Dobson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dobson census records
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Dobson Civil War Service Records
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