John was born on 17 Oct 1907 to Thomas Sutherland Dobson and Grace Currie Clark. He attended law school at the University of Washington and opened a private practice in Renton, Washington. He passed away in 1999.
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Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Births, 1891-1919; Film Info: Various county birth registers. Microfilm, Ancestry.com. Washington, Birth Records, 1870-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Year: 1920; Census Place: Redmond, King, Washington; Roll: T625_1925; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 58, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
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Year: 1930; Census Place: Renton, King, Washington; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0361; FHL microfilm: 2342225, Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
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Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington, Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 45
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, 2014. Issue State: Washington; Issue Date: Before 1951
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4V-Y5Q3 : accessed 9 October 2019), John W Dobson, Washington, United States, 20 Oct 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Seattle Post-Intelligencer, born-digital text.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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