Son of Henry Dobberthein & Sophia Westfall; husband of Margaret Fries, married March 18, 1891 at Elmira in Waterloo County, Ontario per the marriage record. [Obituary reported marriage as 1890.]

Issue: Elizabeth Sophia (Mrs. James William Blinco) 1894; Sylvia Mathilda (Mrs. Harry Royal Penfold) 1897; Herbert John 1900.

There are several variations of the spelling of the last name, and variations occur across siblings in each generation. Examples of variations:

• William's last name was 'Dobberthein' on the 1921 Census, the death record, and the tombstone inscription.
• His father's last name reads as 'Dobberthien' on the tombstone inscription and most historical records.
• William's son Herbert's last name reads as 'Doberthein' on the Ontario Birth record, the 1972 Voters List, his obituary, and grave marker.
• William's daughter Sylvia's delayed birth record and her tombstone inscription read as 'Dobberthien'.

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Obituary:

William Dobberthein. William M. Dobberthein, 81, passed away yesterday from the effects of a stroke. Death occurred at the residence of his son Herbert, 269 Courtland Ave. East. Mr. Dobberthein was born at Kossuth in 1867 but had lived in Kitchener since retiring from farming at Linwood and Elora. He was married in 1890 to Margaret Fries of Elmira. His wife predeceased him in 1933. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church. Besides his son, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James Blinco of Guelph, Mrs. Harry Penfold of Elora; one brother, Jack of Webb, Sask.; three sisters, Mrs. Paul Leudeman of Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. John Siatter of Sebring, Fla., and Mrs. Eli Hubel of Orillia; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday from the residence of his son, with a service in the chapel at the Elora Cemetery at 3 p.m. Rev. F. G. Stewart will officiate. The body is resting at Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until Sunday afternoon when it will be removed to the residence. ['Kitchener Waterloo Record' (Kitchener, Ontario) Sat. March 20, 1948 page 21.]

Corrections to the obituary:

• Married 1891 (not 1890) per the marriage record.
• Wife Margaret died in 1932 (not 1933) per her death record.
• Sister Josephine is Mrs. Paul C. Luedeman (not Leudeman).
• Sister Anna Sophia is Mrs. Eli Hubel.
• Sister Ellen J. 'Nellie' is Mrs. John Seatter (not Siatter).

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