DOBSON, Florence Mary

1863 - 1943  (80 years)

• Name	DOBSON, Florence Mary
  Birth	1863	Fulwood, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Female
  Ω Marriage Witness	25 Sep 1889	St Mary The Virgin, Eccleston, Lancashire, England
  Ω Marriage Witness	25 Sep 1889	St Mary The Virgin, Eccleston, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  	According to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, after Banns. The marriage was witnessed by Thomas HALSTEAD and Florence M DOBSON. Witness Role: Principal: Family of Thomas DRAPER & Elizabeth HALSTEAD
  Ω Census Wife	5 Apr 1891	Ulnes Walton Lane, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England
  Ω Census Wife	5 Apr 1891	Ulnes Walton Lane, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	a Farmer, living with his wife Florence Mary daughter Louie Isabel and sister-in-law Louie Isabel DOBSON Witness Role: Principal: Thomas HALSTEAD
  Ω Census Wife	31 Mar 1901	Ulnes Walton Lane Lostock Brow, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England
  Ω Census Wife	31 Mar 1901	Ulnes Walton Lane Lostock Brow, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	a Farmer, living with his wife Florence M, sons Cyril W, George Law and Thomas H, daughters Louie I and Edith M, mother Sarah HALSTEAD Witness Role: Principal: Thomas HALSTEAD
  Ω Emigration Emigrant	1 Mar 1904	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  Ω Emigration Emigrant	1 Mar 1904	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [5]
  	Witness Role: Principal: Thomas HALSTEAD
  Death	10 Dec 1943	Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada   [6]
  	[BOLD:]Way of the North West Another Link With Old Preston Broken by North-Westerner [:BOLD]A LINK wlth old Preston has been broken by the death in Canada of Mrs. Thomas Halstead. aged 80. who for 36 years was postmistress of the quaintly-named town of Nokomis. Her sister. Mrs. L I. Cank, still lives In the Preston district, at the home of her daughter, Mrs E. D. Marsden. of The Oaks, Cottom-lane Longton. Mrs Halstead and Mrs Cank were grand-daughters of Mr. Lawrence Dobson, who was at first partner of Mr. Isaac Wilcockson in ownership of the old "Preston Chronicle,” and later- sole proprietor of this newspaper, which was Incorporated In ’The Preston Guardian in 1894. Lawrence Dobson, lived at Sion Hill, Rlbbleton, ana an old photograph Mrs. Marsden has shows him surrounded by his family. The Halsteads emigrated to Canada In 1904. Thomas Halstead “filed" on a homestead two miles east of the present town of Nokomis in 1905. He made the trip on horseback, later bringing his family up by ox-drawn waggon In 1906. Mrs. Halstead called the farm "Nokomis" (from Longfellow's "Hiawatha") opened a post office there In 1906. and later saw a town named after her first real Canadian home.
  Person ID	I3769	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	DOBSON, James,   b. 1835, Preston, Lancashire, England d. Bef 1881 (Age < 45 years)
  Mother	GORST, Isabella,   b. 1836, Preston, Lancashire, England
  Marriage	1859	the Register Office, Preston, Lancashire, England   [7]
  Family ID	F7473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HALSTEAD, Thomas,   b. 30 Mar 1869, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England d. 1951, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1890	St Mary The Virgin, Eccleston, Lancashire, England   [1, 8]
  	According to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, after Banns. The marriage was witnessed by Louisa Isabel DOBSON, Christiana MARSDEN, George Edward HALSTEAD and Oates HALSTEAD.
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Louie Isabel,   b. 1891, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England d. 1970, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. HALSTEAD, Cyril William,   b. 26 Mar 1893, Eccleston, Lancashire, England d. 19 Mar 1965, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 71 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Edith Mary,   b. Mar 1895, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England d. 30 Jun 1988, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 93 years)   4. HALSTEAD, George Lawrence,   b. 25 Dec 1896, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England d. 28 Aug 1928, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 31 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Thomas Hartley,   b. 26 Jan 1900, Lostock Brow Farm, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England d. 21 Nov 1975, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

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