Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Dobbings, J. H. 1864 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    J. H. DOBBINGS, native of Middleboro, Yorkshire, England, was born April
13th, 1864, the son of John and Sarah (Bell) Dobbings. John Dobbings was born in
Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, and his wife at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. John
Dobbings was by occupation a mining superintendent and for a period of
twenty-six years was thus employed in his native land. He came to the United
States in 1888 and is since a resident of Pasadena. Both his father, J. G.
Dobbings, and his grandfather, John T., have to their credit long terms of
service in the British navy—J. G. Dobbings being an officer thereof and retired
at sixty-four years of age. Mr. Dobbings' maternal grandfather, George Bell, was
an experienced railroad man and division manager of the North Eastern Ry., in
England. J. H. Dobbings attended the local public schools of his native town. In
1878, being then a youth of fourteen years, he entered the employ of
Blockow-Vaughn & Company of Middleboro, as an apprentice to learn marine
engineering and served seven years. In September, 1885, he embarked for the
United States and, upon arrival, located at Des Moines, Iowa, where he worked at
his trade. In the spring of 1886, he came to California and worked for the
Risdon Iron Works at San Francisco, until October, 1887. He then came to
Pasadena and engaged in the retail oil business. In 1889, he went to San Diego
and, until 1893, was chief engineer of the Fourth Street Cable Ry. Company. He
then came to Santa Monica and was appointed first assistant engineer at the
Soldiers' Home. In January, 1904, he was made chief engineer, which position he
now holds. In January, 1887, he married Miss Mattie A. Evans, a native of
Concord, N. H., and daughter of George Allen Evans (see index.) Mr. Dobbings
became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1890 and the country has no
more loyal citizen and enthusiastic American. He is one of the prominent Masons
of Southern California. He is past master of the Santa Monica Blue Lodge, member
of Perfection Lodge No. 3 of Los Angeles, and Rose Croix Chapter, A. A. S. R.
Temple of Los Angeles. He is past master of Veteran Lodge 373, Sawtelle, and a
life member of the Masonic Veterans' Association of the Pacific Coast. He is a
member of the Uniform Rank of the K. of P., Santa Monica, and a member of the
National Association of Stationary Engineers. He is an influential republican
and a member of the Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbings have one son, Olney
J., and a daughter, Dorothy Bell.

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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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