Red River Ancestry

New Family Page: JOSEPH MILTON DOBIE (1871-1968)

Please post comments and queries about Joseph Milton DOBIE and his family here.

Hi Gary

Some notes on the Joseph Milton Dobie page. He had two more sons Doug and Wallace. I'm getting too old and forgetful - I can't remember which one fought in Korea.

There is a story that his father James was a N. Dakota State Senator about 1895-7, and had a brother (Thomas Dobie, b. February 20, 1852) that supposedly became an outlaw and disappeared into the American west.

Daughter Jean's (1916-1990) husband was known as Clarence (Bud) Gee (1920-1996).

A teetotaler, when his son in law Archie arrived after the war, he went to the liquor store and bought a bottle of Rye so Archie could have a few drinks. On the way out of the store with the bottle in a brown bag, it slipped from his hands and smashed on the sidewalk. He said he took that as a sign from God and had nothing to do with alcohol until he was about 80 (but that's another story). He must have been doing something right - he was 96 when he died.

Ross

Hi Gary

I missed one of Joseph Milton Dobie's children a while ago and just realized that I hadn't corrected it. Please add Grace (Dobie) Woodcock to the list with Don, Isobel, Jean, Doug, and Wallace.

Thanks

Ross

Done. When was she born?

I don't have a DOB for her but she is younger than you show Doug and Wallace.

Ha..ha...is that an "ooops" I heard come out of my computer?

Ross

rossm wrote:I don't have a DOB for her but she is younger than you show Doug and Wallace.

Ha..ha...is that an "ooops" I heard come out of my computer?

Ross

Hi Order of Uncle Milton's children: Donald 1912 , Isobel 1913, baby boy d at birth. Grace born in 1917 - Wallace in 1920 and Doug in 1924 - I am their first cousin. Ross I remember you as a baby and later as a teenager - we visited you in Selkirk that time. When you were a baby you were in SK. with your mother. Louisa

I updated the following entry in my Joseph Milton DOBIE (1871-1968) file:

In 1909 Joseph Milton DOBIE married Rose “Rosie” McDONALD (born at Stanley Mission Jan. 17, 1881) from Bresaylor, daughter of Mary Ann COOK and Philip McDONALD (1833-1914). In 1882 the McDonald family had moved to what would become the Bresayler Settlement.

rossm