When Albert David Dobney was born on 9 April 1890, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Dabney, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Doubleday Love, was 32. He married Violet Ethel Thornton on 4 August 1909, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 23 September 1971, in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 81.