Eliza Thomas (Jacka) Dobb was born on January 14, 1860 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom the eldest child of Mary Ann (Jacka) Dobb. [1]
1871 Census Eliza is living with her mother and widowed great Aunt in Ashton, Breage, Cornwall, England. [2]
Eliza Quintrell, Head, Widow, aged 75, Engine Driver W Tin Mine, born St Erth, Cornwall, England
Mary A Jacka, Niece, unmarried, aged 28, Dressmaker, born Breage, Cornwall, England
Eliza Jacka, Niece, aged 11, Scholar, born Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Eliza’s mother did not marry until 1874 when she married the recent widower William James Dobb 19 years her senior, Eliza was fourteen years of age at the time. [3]
Together the newly married couple had two children, Eliza’s maternal half siblings:
William James Dobb’s already a large number of children that he had fathered with his first wife, which gave Eliza a lot of new step-siblings. Unfortunately for Eliza’s mother, her new husband died five years after they married in 1879. [4][5]
Eliza married her stepbrother John Dobb soon after her stepfather’s death in 1880 in Helston, Cornwall, England. [6]
1881 Census[7]The newly married couple continued to live in the family home and can be found there with her widowed mother in Ashton, Breage, Cornwall, England
Mary Ann Dobb widowed head of the household, aged 40, born in Breage, Cornwall [widow of William James Dobb who passed away in 1879]
Thomas H DOBB, Son, unmarried aged 21, Tin Miner, born Breage, Cornwall [step- brother]
Lavinia Dobb, Daughter, unmarried aged 17, born Breage, Cornwall [step-sister]
Matthew Dobb, Son, unmarried aged 15, Agr Lab, born Breage, Cornwall [step- brother]
Amelia A Dobb, Daughter, unmarried aged 11, born Breage, Cornwall [step-sister]
Alfreda Dobb, Daughter, unmarried aged 8, born Breage, Cornwall [step-sister]
William J Dobb, Son, unmarried aged 4, born Breage, Cornwall [half-brother]
Charles Dobb, Son, unmarried aged 1, born Breage, Cornwall [half-brother]
John Dobb, Son, aged 25, Tin Miner, born Breage, Cornwall, England [step- brother & husband]
Eliza Thomas Dobb, daughter-in-law, aged 21, wife of J Dobbs, born Gwennap, Cornwall, England [possibly the illegitimate daughter of Mary Ann Dobb ]
Eliza Quintrell, widowed Aunt, aged 89 born Germoe, Cornwall, England [her paternal great aunt]
The couple had their first son William John Dobb on 28 Sep 1881.[8] Around the same time as the arrival of their first son Eliza’s husband moved to Canada and Eliza followed two years later.[9]
By the 1891 Census[10] Eliza’s family had expanded and had settled in Ascot, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
John Dobb, miner, born 18 Oct 1855 aged 45, born England arrived in 1881
Eliza Dobb, Wife, born 14 Jan 1860 aged 41, born England arrived in 1881
William J Dobb, Son, born 28 Sep 1881 aged 19, born England arrived in 1881
Mabel Dobb, Daughter born 30 May 1885 aged 15, born Canada
Henry L Dobb, Son born 10 Nov 1886 aged 14, born Canada
Theodore Dobb, Son born 27 Jan 1888 aged 13, born Canada
Edgar Dobb, Son born 22 Feb 1890 aged 11, born Canada
Edith Dobb, Daughter born 8 Jan 1894 aged 9, born Canada
Eva M Dobb, Daughter born 12 Jul 1895 aged 5, born Canada
Lila M Dobb, Daughter born 7 Apr 1896 aged 4 born Canada
Mary W Dobb, Daughter born 28 Mar 1899 aged 2 born Canada
Eliza died on December 4, 1903, and was buried on the 7 December in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada aged 43.[12][13]
Research Notes
It is difficult to ascertain who the parents of Eliza Thomas Jacka as no baptism or birth records have been located. Her mother was single in 1861 and living with her sister although her sister has a young child she does not.[14] By the 1871 Census her mother is living with her paternal aunt and Eliza is listed as well although she is described as a niece also rather than as a grandniece.[15] Her birth may have been registered using her unidentified father’s surname.
If Eliza was the niece of Eliza Quintrell like Mary Ann (Jacka) Dobb (1840-1905) then she would also likely be descended from one of Eliza Quintrell brothers, however, this seems unlikely. Therefore it has been assumed that she is the illegitimate daughter of Mary A Jacka and therefore carries the surname of her mother rather than her father. She was born when her mother was 21 before she married William James Dodd a widow 19 years her mother's senior.
Eliza is missing in the 1861 Census, she may have been looked after by someone else as her mother had to work during the day, however, more research is needed to be done to confirm this.
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1901; Census Place: Ascot, Sherbrooke, Quebec; Page: 3; Family No: 21 Sub-district: Ascot Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Index entry for the marriage of William DOBB and Mary Ann JACKA married 1874, FREEBDM database (index database without images) entry Marriages 1874 December Q, Helston Vol 5c page 333 (https://www.freebmd.org.uk accessed 3 July 2021) [original not sighted]
↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( accessed 18 December 2020), memorial page for John Dobb (1 Oct 1855–16 Sep 1907), Find A Grave: Memorial #51356052; Maintained by Violetindigoblue (contributor 47257522) Unknown.
↑ Index entry for the death of William Dobb died 1879, aged 58 GRO Reference: 1879 S Quarter in HELSTON Volume 05C Page 131 [Calculated date of birth 1821] (https://www.gro.gov.uk Accessed 3 July 2021) – ORIGINAL NOT SIGHTED
↑ Index entry for the marriage of John Dobb and Eliza Thomas Jacka 1880, FREEBDM database entry Marriages 1880 December Quarter, Helston, Vol 52, page 311 (https://www.freebmd.org.uk accessed 29 September 2019)
↑ Index entry for the birth of John William DOBB born 1881 GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in HELSTON Volume 05C Page 206 [Mother’s maiden name JACKS] (https://www.gro.gov.uk Accessed 4 July 2021) – ORIGINAL NOT SIGHTED
↑ Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1901; Census Place: Ascot, Sherbrooke, Quebec; Page: 3; Family No: 21 Sub-district: Ascot Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data:Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427.
↑ Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1901; Census Place: Ascot, Sherbrooke, Quebec; Page: 3; Family No: 21 Sub-district: Ascot Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Year or Year Range: 1903 Burial of Eliza Thomas Jacka wife of John Dobb, laborer of the city of Sherbrooke, died on the 4 December 1903 aged 44 years and was buried in Lennoxville Cemetery, Methodist Church register Sherbrooke page 14.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( accessed 04 July 2021), memorial page for Eliza Thomas Jacka Dobb (14 Jan 1860–4 Dec 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #51355775; Maintained by Violetindigoblue (contributor 47257522) Unknown.
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