William Ralph Dobson

  General Notes:

He registered for the World War 1 Draft on 5 June 1917. He was then working as a clerk in the M P & M Department of the Oregan Short Light Rail Road Company, in Pocatello, Idaho. He was then single with no dependants and was staying at the YMCA in Pocatello. He stated that he had had one year's experience as a Private in the British Army. ¹⁷⁴

  Death Notes:

Utah Death Index, 1905-1951
William Ralph Dobson Death Date: 23 October, 1936
State file number: 1936004211 Age: 44
County of Death: Salt Lake

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: to the United Stated of America, 23 Mar 1910, Liverpool. ¹⁷⁵ He travelled with his parents on the SS Haverford into Philadelphia. They then settled in Salt Lake City, Utah

• Occupation: railroad clerk, on 30 April 1910, at the time of the US Federal Census. ¹⁷⁶ He was then living with his parents and sisters.

• Occupation: clerk in the M P &M Department of the Oregon Short Light Railroad Company, by 5 Jun 1917, Pocatello, Idaho, USA. ¹⁷⁷ He was then living at the YMCA in Pocatello.

• Occupation: bookkeeper for an oil company, at the time of the US Federal Census in January 1920. ¹⁷⁸ He was then living with his wife and their son, renting property in Salt Lake City, Utah.

William married Theressa circa 1917. (Theressa was born circa 1895 in Illinois, USA ¹⁷⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

William was single at the time of his registration for the draft on 5 Jun 1917. As their first child was born in about April 1918, it is likely that they married in the summer of 1917.