Pvt
Robert
James
Dobson
Born in Letterleague, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Matthew Dobson
and Eliza (Russell) Dobson
Brother of
Rebecca Jane (Dobson) Spratt, David Dobson, Martha (Dobson) Baxter, Catherine (Dobson) Spratt [half], Matthew Dobson, Hannah (Dobson) Tucker, Finlay Dobson and Eliza Dobson
Died
at age 20
in France
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Nov 2022
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Biography
Robert was born in 1895. He is the son of Matthew Dobson and Eliza Russell. [1]
Robert enlisted with the Irish forces in WWI. Reg No 11292, Rank Private, 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Private Robert James Dobson, aged just 18, was Killed in Action in France. He is remembered at the Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuille, Departement de la Somme, Picardie.
Sources
- ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1895/02194/1829592.pdf
- Find A Grave: Memorial #56406095
- https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/598805/robert-james-dobson/
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~12.50%
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