Dobson was born in the small fishing village of Keiss in Caithness, then in the 1890s, Dobson had moved to the Cardiff Docks area (a port in southern Cardiff) where he had become a coal trimmer.
Dobson was born in the small fishing village of Keiss in Caithness, then in the 1890s, Dobson had moved to the Cardiff Docks area (a port in southern Cardiff) where he had become a coal trimmer.