W. C. Dobie
| W. C. Dobie | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Police magistrate |
W. C. Dobie was an early settler of Port Arthur and the town's police magistrate.
Life
Dobie came to Canada in September 1849, moved to Owen Sound in October 1854 and to Bruce Mines in September 1860, and settled at Prince Arthur's Landing (later Port Arthur) in June 1872.[1] He was among the citizens associated with Port Arthur's first boom of the 1870s.[2]
At the first election of school trustees for section one of Shuniah, held on 1 September 1873, Dobie was one of three trustees chosen.[3] He was appointed police magistrate on 1 October 1890.[1] He later settled with his family at Sullivan, Ontario.[1]
Historical Society address
On 27 November 1914 Dobie delivered an address, "Sailing Across the Atlantic Sixty Years Ago", before the Art and Literary Club of Port Arthur, recalling his 1849 emigrant voyage; it was published in the Thunder Bay Historical Society annual.[1]
Newspaper record
- Birth notice in Thunder Bay Sentinel.[4]
- Recorded as occurring 15 January 1878.
- Index note: a dgtr.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 W. C. Dobie."Sailing Across the Atlantic Sixty Years Ago."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1914.pp. 189–192.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ "Port Arthur's First Boom."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1911–1912.p. 124.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ "Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society (Shuniah)."[book].Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 279.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Thunder Bay Sentinel, n.d.