Alice (Dudley) Dobbs (1867 - 1935)

Born 28 Jun 1867 in Virginia, United States

Wife of John Thomas Dobbs — married 26 Dec 1888 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

Died 11 Jul 1935 at age 68 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

Alice was born in 1867.

Alice and her husband John Dobbs were foster parents to Carrie Buck and then to Carrie's daughter Vivian. When Carrie became pregnant by Alice's nephew Clarence Garland, they had Carrie committed to the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded in Lynchburg in fear that they would not be allowed any more foster children because Carrie was an unwed mother. They adopted Vivian after she was born and raised her until she died of an infection in 1932.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She passed away in 1935.

Sources

1. ↑ "Emma, Carrie, Vivian: How A Family Became A Test Case For Forced Sterilizations." Hidden Brain, Hosted by Shankar Vedantam, produced by Jenny Schmidt and Thomas Lu, fact-checked by Laura Kwerel, and edited by Tara Boyle, National Public Radio, 23 Apr. 2018., www.npr.org/2018/04/23/604926914/emma-carrie-vivian-how-a-family-became-a-test-case-for-forced-sterilizations. Accessed 27 June 2018.
2. ↑ Smith, J. D., & the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Carrie Buck (1906–1983). (2015, November 2). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Buck_Carrie_Elizabeth_1906-1983 (accessed June 27, 2018).
3. ↑ Lombardo, Paul A. Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. http://buckvbell.com

• Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Marriages for Select Counties, 1851-1929 [database on-line]. Marriage record for Jno. T Dobbs and Alice Dudley, 26 Dec 1888, Albemarle County, Virginia. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000, p. 51 (original source).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2S-RMPF : 11 July 2016), Alice Dudley Dobbs, 1935; Burial, Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, United States of America, Oakwood Cemetery; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #55363449.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCPF-3RZ : 15 July 2017), Alice Dudley in household of Lucy Dudley, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 312C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1352; FHL microfilm 1,255,352.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMF8-F7X : accessed 27 June 2018), Alice Dobbs in household of John T Dobbs, Elon District (west part), Amherst, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 17B, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,699.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPLM-DBD : accessed 27 June 2018), Alice Dobbs in household of Jno T Dobbs, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 3A, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1619; FHL microfilm 1,375,632.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/C8MZ-YZM : accessed 27 June 2018), Alice Dobbs in household of John Q Dobbs, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 88, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2434; FHL microfilm 2,342,168.