Born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Dorothy Elizabeth Dorney, Gwendoline Rose Dorney, Edward Charles Dorney, Reginald Paul Dorney, Linda Agatha (Dorney) Ryan and Harold John Dorney
Wife of
Thomas Dynon
— married
1928 in Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 30
in Essendon, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
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Constance Dorney was born in 1908 in Warrnambool, the second surviving daughter of Edward Dorney and Nellie Mills.
Very little is known about Constance. The Warrnambool Standard ran an article on 10 March 1924 with the title “Connie Dorney Fingers Crushed”.
Constance married Thomas Dynon in 1928. They had four children together, a daughter Ninon, and three sons, William, Patrick and John.
Constance and her husband were living at 30 Geddes Street, Ascot Vale in 1930. Thomas was a jockey and this location was close to Flemington Racecourse. Her aunt Mary Jane was later recorded at this address in 1942.
Constance died on 17 May 1938 at St Helen's Hospital in Essendon. She was just 28 years old. Following her death her husband looked after their sons but Ninon was sent to live with Constance’s sister, Gwen.
The Argus, Thursday 19 May 1938, page 10
DYNON. —On the 17th May, at private hospital, Essendon, Constance, dearly beloved wife of Thomas Dynon of 173 Epsom road, Ascot-vale, and loved mother of Ninon, William, Patrick, and John, aged 28 years. —Requiescat in pace.
DNA Confirmation
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Jim Dorney's grandson Peter Dorney (son of Paul) and Margot Magree. Margot is Peter's 2C1R and is the daughter of Ninon Dynon and the granddaughter of Constance Dorney. Peter and Margot share 154 cM across 6 segments. The most-recent common ancestors shared by them are James Dorney and Elizabeth Love, Jim's parents.
Sources
- Birth: Registry Index 1908/26827
- Marriage: Registry Index 1928/1170
- Death: Registry Index 1938/4048, Newspaper http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11169763
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Constance by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Constance:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Constance by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Constance:
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~3.12%
Mark Dorney
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A700575 [compare], Ancestry member msdorney
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