Hi thank you for the information I have the family in my tree I have spent all day trying to get back to you but my pc packed up. Jeremiah is my fourth great grand uncle his wife Mary Anne grey was the daughter of the Nicholas grey and Mary Coe... I cannot find my great grandfather before 1875 when he married but jeremiah was the witness at his wedding if I can be of any help drop me a line
Kind regards
Jen
Hi Jen, thanks for the reply. William Dobson, Jeremiah's elder brother is my G G Grandfather, the wonderful people at RootsChat found out all about him when I drew blanks. He was a Master Mariner and died at sea and was buried in Malta in 1853. One of William's daughters married my G Grandfather, a Thompson and that's my surname.
Just in case you don't have this information, Jeremiah's father, also called Jeremiah (1796 - 1854) married Eleanor Turnbull 3 October 1820 and had 3 other children, Isabella b. 1826, George b.1828 and John b.1835. Eleanor died in 1837 and Jeremiah remarried and had 4 more children.
If you have the birth and death dates for Mary Ann I would be grateful to add to my records. I presume she was from South Shields (Westoe?) and died there.
Also there is a website:
www.curiousfox.com I looked at it ages ago and came across this entry:
Dobson - Jeremiah b.1822 married Mary Ann Grey in 1848 in South Shields - children, Nicholas, William, John G, Thomas, Mary Ann. His father also called Jeremiah, mother called Eleanor, living at Commercial Road, Westoe, South Shields. Any descendants?
I put this to one side as I was nowhere near this far back and when I rediscovered it recently replied back to it, unfortunately it had been posted in 2005 and the email bounced back, so I wonder who it could have been!!!!
Cheers, Paul
