Born about in Erie, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Leonard Dobbin
and Charlotte Elizabeth (McMinder) Dobbin
Sister of
Frances Louisa (Dobbin) Humphrey, John James (Dobbin) Dobbins, Ella Gean (Dobbin) Robeson, Albert Edward Dobbins and David A. Dobbins
Wife of
Charles E. Harless
— married
24 Mar 1881 in Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Clytie Mysie (Harless) Verdon, Henry H. Harless, Jim Harless, James P Harless and Charles Edgar Harless
Died
at about age 48
in Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin Territory, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Sep 2016
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Biography
- 1880 Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin[1]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN44-TLM : 14 July 2016), Roy Vanalstine in household of James Dobbin, Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 186, sheet 333A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1419; FHL microfilm 1,255,419.
Wife of G.F. Harless Daughter of James Dobbin and Charlotte McMinder Married CHARLES HARLESS on Mar 24, 1881 at Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin.
Harless, Octavia (2 MAY 1855 - 16 SEP 1903) Octavia May Dobbins was born May 2, 1855, at Grand Island, N.Y., and died at her home in the town of Thorp, Sept. 16, 1903. She was married to Charles Harless on March 24, 1881. Of this union six children were born, two having passed on before her. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and four children, father and mother, two sisters and two brothers, with a large circle of friends and neighbors. (Information from FAG member #134244757)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Octavia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Octavia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Octavia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Octavia:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Kim (Johnson) Goodwater 
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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