See also

Louisa Dobson (1845- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant then a dressmaker3 4

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1845

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England1 5 3 4

  •  

  • 1881 census says she was born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 11 May 1845 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter of William Dobson (labourer) and Charlotte of Nacton

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 5-6)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • daughter aged 6, attending school and living with parents, two siblings and a grandfather. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 16)

  • 139 Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter aged 16 unmarried, living with parents and six siblings. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 26)

  • 139 Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a domestic servant and living with her parents William and Charlotte, sisters Mary, Fanny and Emma, and brothers Thomas and George. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 35)

  • Butcher's Shop, 8 Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living with her widowed mother Charlotte, sister Emma, brother George, and a lodger. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1845 quarter:1 volume:12 page:524. Cit. Date: 11 February 2026.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Nacton St. Martin baptisms entry:493. Cit. Date: 12 February 2026.

3.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1754 folio:30 page:4 schedule:21. Cit. Date: 12 February 2026.

4.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1873 folio:69 page:29 schedule:596. Cit. Date: 12 February 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1801 folio:228 page:9.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1164 folio:70 page:36.