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Special Feature Pages
• William Albrow 1770
> With historic documents

• William Albrow 1794
> Wherryman

• Christopher Albrow
> 1.The Welsh Regiment in South Africa, Christopher's Medals and morel

> 2. Christopher's life in the army. A Transcription of his Military Record

• William Dobbs
> 2nd. Battalion, The Rifle Brigade

• John Kirk
> Royal Field Artillery

• The Rice Page
> This page is a branch of the Albrow Tree. Featuring Alice Maud Albrow

• The Oliver Page
> This page is a branch of the Albrow Tree. Featuring Alfred Stanley Albrow who was brother to Christopher Frowen and Alice Maud

Arthur Edgar Albrow Page
Brother to William John: Son of William and Fanny

Birthdays, Events and
Anniversaries
Great interactive calendar of special dates. You can send an e-card too.

Related sites
• Albrow UK Website
• www.fairynuff-flowers.co.uk

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The first reference point for the Albrows, in the Dobbs tree is Margaret Kirk, who married Herbert Albrow. This is the same for the Kirks but as we have more information from the Dobbs' I have decided to start a Dobbs page.

The last point of reference on the Albrow tree is repeated here to help with continuity.

Margaret Kirk
Birth: 10 Nov 1922 Liverpool, Lancashire
Death: Feb 1999 Twickenham, Middlesex
I have complied with the convention of minimising details of living members of the tree.

Herbert Stanley Albrow
Birth: 6 July 1918. Rochford. Essex
Marriage: Margaret Kirk 1945 at St. Stephens Church,
Hounslow, Middlesex (Brentford - district)
Death: 1979 Twickenham, Middlesex

Margaret Dobbs Birth: <1885> at Liverpool Death: 17 Dec 1938 aged 53 years Margaret's address on the death certificate is: 429 Scotland Road, Liverpool It notes that she was the widow of John Kirk (Provisions Merchants labourer) Margaret was buried alongside John at Ford R.C. Cemetry on 22 Dec 1938
• Death certificate • 1911 Census	Margaret Kirk (nee Dobbs)

The 1901 Census shows Margaret is 18 and employed as a 'card box maker' She is living at 68 Arkwright Street, Liverpool.

Listen to music familiar to the KIRK and DOBBS family - here

Scotland Road: The epicentre of working class life in North Liverpool. Home to most of Liverpool's migrant communities, it was almost 'a city within a city' In the early 20th century the numbers of pubs in the Scotland Road area peaked at approximately 224 with 65 actually positioned on Scotland Road. This picture is Scotland Road in about 1908, a familiar sight for our Margaret in her younger years and where she died in 1938.

John Kirk
Birth: <1884>
Marriage: 13 Dec 1903 at St Mary's Church, Kirkdale
Death: 12 June 1934 aged 50 years
St. Mary's built 1835 St Mary, Archer St., Kirkdale, L4 4PR
Est 1836 - church closed in 1973, demolished in 1979 Source: Liverpool Record Office

John and Margaret's children. (so far)
Mary Birth: 19 Sep 1912 Death::Jan 1934 (Buried 26 Jan) alongside her parents
Ann (Cissy) Birth: 2 Mar 1914 Death: 7 Nov 1993
Elizabeth
Thomas Birth: 1920 Death:1980
Margaret Birth: Nov 1922 Death: Feb 1999

• Death certificate

See John's Army page. here Click here to visit the KIRK page Cousin Angela is part of our tree as the daughter of Thomas (Tommy) Kirk and Mary Dobbs....... Thomas' line on the Kirk side will follow the KIRK page. Angelas mother, Mary follows John Patrick Dobbs Birth: 1891and picks up the DOBBS page.

William Dobbs (See William's Page)
Birth: <1840> Drogheda, Co. Meath, Ireland
Marriage: 25 Aug 1878 at The Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Maryland St. Liverpool. (see photograph, below)
Death: 13 June 1898 at 35 Ascot St, Liverpool

William Dobbs travelled to England with his father William and his mother Ann. By age 11 William is earning an income as a hawker but later joins the Army. He has a page about his army service in India Take a look

• 1891 Census • 1911 Census • Death certificate
The 1911 census for England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April, 1911.

The 1881 Census shows the Dobbs family living at Court 3, 36 Hornby St, Liverpool. William was 41 years old and Mary was 22. Our Margaret was not born yet. William was on an army pension. At this time (1881) the couple had just one child, Mary Ann but Mary's sister, Annie was 10 years old and living with the family. We could assume that their parents had died and Annie was orphaned - we will research this as we get further back into the previous generations.

The 1891 census shows the Dobbs family living at 87 Stopwood St., Liverpool, William remains an Army Pensioner.

William died of heart disease (syncope) and according to the death certificate, Mary was present and makes her mark as an X, just as she does on her marriage certificate. At the time of William's death, the family was liiving at 35 Ascot Street Liverpool.

By 1901 Our William has died and Mary is head of household. The family are now at: 68 Arkwright Street. Our Margaret is 18 and employed as a 'card box maker'

The 1911 census shows Widow Mary living at 37 Major Street with five children. ...just down the road from John and Margaret Kirk She confirms that she was born in County Roscommon, Ireland.

The Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Maryland St. Liverpool.

Mary Jane McDermott
Birth: <1861> at Castlerea, Co.Roscommon, Ireland
Death: 1940 at Liverpool
Buried: 1 March 1940 Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool
Mary is buried alongside her son, John Patrick Dobbs and his wife Annie Rowson

Mary arrived in the England to work for a priest where she met William whose family at the time where living in Manchester.
Note: I located the Roman Catholic Marriage Register for the Liverpool area and found our William and Mary. The Register is "Latinised" and the entry reads:
DOBBS, GULIELMUM
MARIAM McDERMOTT
NER (entry for St. Philip Neri)

• 1891 Census • 1901 Census • 1911 Census
• Marriage Certificate

Mary's favourite song: a 1912 recording by Anna Case - "Believe Me, If All those Endearing Young Charms" - Thanks to Agnes and Angela for the information.

Listen to more music familiar to the DOBBS family here. All from the early part of the 20th Century

William and Mary's children: • Mary Ann Birth: <1880> • William. Birth: 1882  • Margaret Birth: 1883 -1938 • Ann Birth: <1878> (Ann married Dennis Clare) • Thomas Birth: <1886> • Ann: Birth: <1888> • John Patrick. Birth: 1891 • Joseph Birth: <1893> • Ellen Birth: <1896> Mary Dobbs (Nee McDermott) Lamb St, Liverpool in 1938, age abt. 77 >

Roscommon Castle and Map of Ireland showing Co. Roscommon

William Dobbs
Birth: <1815> at Dublin, Ireland
Death: 8 Jan 1872 at 10 Lomas Street, Manchester

Millmount-Boyne - A Martello Tower - Drogheda