Dobie Bible


DOBIE-SMITH BIBLE

Submitted October 12, 1998 by:
Charles Dobie,
P. O. Box 581,
Smiths Falls, ON, Canada.
K7A 4T6

email: cdobie@superaje.com


This Bible was transcribed and submitted to the Lanark County
Genealogical Society website by Jay A. Nellis, (email: dartman@sinnfree.sinnfree.org).

These entries are from the Bible of John DOBIE who married Mary
SMITH (widow of William TATLOCK) on 23 March 1850 in Lanark County.
The family ended up in Huron County by 1871.

Information copied by Shirley McClure from the Bible of John
DOBIE, the Grandfather of Eunice (ELLIOT) MAIR, sister of Elspeth
Douglas (ELLIOT) WALLS.

Surnames in this file:
Dobie
Elliott
Graham
Halliday
Holliday
Houston
Knox
Livingston (witness only)
Mair
McLellan
Newell
Smith
Tatlock
Walls

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// Page Headed "Marriages"

Janet Dobie June 22th 1883
William Dobie March 30th 1898
Robert Dobie Setember (sic)5th 1900

// Page Headed "Births"

John Dobie Senior November 25th 1816
Mary September 11th 1824
Janet August 25th 1881
John (1) January 9th 1853
Elspeth November 17th 1854
William December 26th 1856
Mary Jane Febuary (sic) 13th 1859
Robert Johnson May 8th 1861
John(2) March 3rd 1864
Baby January 8th 1866

// Page headed "Deaths"

John Dobie Jun September 7th 1864
Baby February 12th 1866
Mary Dobie Senior March 17th 1869
Elspeth May 7th 1874

[-in a different handwriting-]

John Dobie Senior February 9th 1901
Willie's Mary May 7th 1919
Janet Dobie Elliot January 2nd 1921

[-'Elliot' in the above entry is in Eunice's handwriting as are the
remaining entries-]

Mary Jane Dobie April 1926
John (2) Dobie 1928
William Dobie January 1936
William Elliot January 17, 1923


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[Jay Nellis has provided the following descendant chart for the
descendants of John DOBIE and Mary SMITH.]

Descendants of John Dobie

Generation One

1. John DOBIE; b. 25 Nov 1816 at SCT; m. Mary SMITH 23 Mar
1850 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County,
ON, Canada, Witnesses: John Smith and John Livingston; d. 9 Feb
1901 at Egmondville, Huron County, ON, Canada, at age 84.
He witnessed the marriage of William TATLOCK and Mary SMITH
on 9 Apr 1847 at First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark
County, ON, Canada.

Mary Smith was born on 11 Sep 1824 at Bathurst Twp., Lanark
County, ON, Canada. She married William Tatlock on 9 Apr 1847 at
First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, ON, Canada. She
died on 17 Mar 1869 at Tuckersmith Township, Huron County, ON,
Canada, at age 44.
Children of John DOBIE and Mary SMITH were as follows:
2 i. Janet DOBIE, b. 25 Aug 1851 at Bathurst Twp.,

Lanark County, ON, Canada; m. William ELLIOT.
ii. John DOBIE; b. 9 Jan 1853 at Bathurst Twp.,
Lanark County, ON, Canada; d. 7 Sep 1864 at
Egmondville, Huron County, ON, Canada, at age
11.
iii. Elspeth DOBIE; b. 17 Nov 1854 at Bathurst
Township, Lanark County, ON, Canada; d. 7 May
1874 at Tuckersmith Township, Huron County, ON,
Canada, at age 19.
3 iv. William DOBIE, b. 26 Dec 1856 at Bathurst
Township, Lanark County, ON, Canada; m. Mary MC
LELLAN.
v. Mary Jane DOBIE; b. 13 Feb 1859 at Bathurst
Township, Lanark County, ON, Canada; d. Apr 1926
at age 67.
vi. Robert Johnson DOBIE; b. 8 May 1861 at Bathurst
Township, Lanark County, ON, Canada; m. (--?--)
(--?--) 5 Sep 1900; d. after Jan 1936.
vii. John DOBIE; b. 3 Mar 1864 at Egmondville, Huron
County, ON, Canada; d. 1928.
viii. Child DOBIE; b. 8 Jan 1866 at Egmondville, Huron
County, ON, Canada; d. 12 Feb 1866 at
Egmondville, Huron County, ON, Canada.

Generation Two

2. Janet DOBIE; b. 25 Aug 1851 at Bathurst Twp., Lanark
County, ON, Canada; m. William ELLIOT, son of Adam Scott ELLIOT
and Janet HALLIDAY, 22 Jun 1883 at Egmondville, Huron County,
ON, Canada; d. 2 Jan 1921 at Toronto, York County, ON, Canada,
at age 69.

William Elliot was born on 30 Jul 1832 at S. Elmsley Twp.,
Lanark County, ON, Canada. He married Margaret Dobie, daughter
of Thomas Dobie and Jane Holliday, on 30 Jun 1854 at Perth,
Lanark County, ON, Canada. He witnessed the marriage of
Alexander Dobie and Isabella Elliot on 29 Jun 1855 at Perth,
Lanark County, ON, Canada. He died on 17 Jan 1923 at Chesley,
Bruce County, ON, Canada, at age 90.
Children of Janet DOBIE and William ELLIOT were as follows:
4 i. Elspeth Douglas ELLIOT, b. 29 Mar 1884 at
Chesley, Bruce County, ON, Canada; m. Matthew
WALLS.
ii. Sarah Dobbie ELLIOT; b. 4 Jul 1886 at Chesley,
Bruce County, ON, Canada; d. 28 Jan 1983 at
Chesley and District Hospital, Chesley, Bruce
County, ON, Canada, at age 96.
iii. Lois ELLIOT; b. 17 Dec 1888 at Chesley, Bruce
County, ON, Canada; m. Edward (Ted) GRAHAM 1953
at Toronto, York County, ON, Canada; d. 13 Dec
1972 at Parkview Manor, Chesley, Bruce County,
ON, Canada, at age 83.
iv. Robert Smith ELLIOT; b. 5 May 1891 at Chesley,
Bruce County, ON, Canada; m. Eva HOUSTON 1925 at
Toronto, York County, ON, Canada; d. 12 Sep 1974
at Parkview Manor, Chesley, Bruce County, ON,
Canada, at age 83.
v. Eunice ELLIOT; b. 18 May 1893 at Kirkville, ON,
Canada; m. Andrew MAIR 1961 at Toronto, ON,

Canada; d. 20 Apr 1983 at Saugeen Memorial
Hospital, Southampton, Bruce County, ON, Canada,
at age 89.

3. William DOBIE; b. 26 Dec 1856 at Bathurst Township,
Lanark County, ON, Canada; m. Mary McLELLAN, daughter of Andrew
McLELLAN, 30 Mar 1898; d. 29 Jan 1936 at at the home of his
son, John, Meaford, ON, Canada, at age 79.

Mary McLellan was born on 7 Nov 1862 at Hibbert, ON,
Canada. She died on 7 May 1919 at Tuckersmith, Huron County, ON,
Canada, at age 56.
Children of William DOBIE and Mary McLELLAN were:
5 i. John R. DOBIE, b. circa 1901 at Seaforth, Huron
County, ON, Canada; m. Margaret NEWELL.

Generation Three

4. Elspeth Douglas ELLIOT; b. 29 Mar 1884 at Chesley, Bruce
County, ON, Canada; m. Matthew WALLS, son of Robert WALLS and
Janet KNOX, 8 Jan 1913 at Toronto, York County, ON, Canada; d. 3
Feb 1976 at Chesley Nursing Home, Chesley, Bruce County, ON,
Canada, at age 91.

Matthew Walls was born on 13 Mar 1877 at Castlederg, County
Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died on 11 Aug 1970 at Centre Grey
Hospital, Markdale, Grey County, ON, Canada, at age 93.

[children snipped]

5. John R. DOBIE; b. circa 1901 at Seaforth, Huron County,
ON, Canada; m. Margaret NEWELL 1927 at Knox College Chapel,
Toronto, York County, ON, Canada; d. 7 Mar 1963 at Meaford
General Hospital, Meaford, Grey County, ON, Canada.

The remaining people have been removed as they are potentially
still living].

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