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Mark S. Dorney
Born 1970s.
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Son of
[private father (1940s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (2000s - unknown)],
[private son (2000s - unknown)] and
[private son (2010s - unknown)]
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Biography
The public master copy of my research is maintained at http://www.dorneyfamilyhistory.net/famtree_web/
I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
I only manage profiles of people that are either blood relatives or their spouses, so if you see my name on a profile I'm related! (There are a handful of exceptions) I Manage 2,817 profiles as at 1 January 2021.
Of course some of my blood relatives are managed by other people as well.
I do a lot of edits as part of the Data Doctors project, so I'm not just editing my relatives.
Ten most recent brickwalls
- Elizabeth Hughes 1851 County Donegal, Ireland UNRESOLVABLE
- Margaretha Schubert 1840 Herzogtum Nassau
- Elizabeth Grove 1823 London, England
- Isaac Love 1820 Ireland
- Mary O'Brien 1820 Ireland
- Mary Ann Hall 1810 England
- William Hillier 1807 Lambeth, Surrey, England
- Ann Jarvis 1806 Devon, England
- Sarah Deed 1806 Westleton, Suffolk, England
- Ann Lambourne 1806 England
Completed Genealogy Goals
- Biographies written for all ancestors of my children
- All blood relatives and spouses entered (where deceased and straightforward to do so) (ca 10,100 persons in tree as at 27 August 2021)
- Tree extended using Ancestry's thruline tool
- All person and photo hints at Ancestry checked (I will repeat in the future if I ever get an Ancestry subscription again)
- Gone through Wikitree matches - just same year and surname, too big a task otherwise
- Gone through familysearch matches
- Uploaded available ancestor photos
- Photographed all headstones at South Brisbane Cemetery (billiongraves project)
Future Genealogy Goals
(more or less in order)
- Research and add in my German relatives - this is not straightforward due to the language and unavailability online of records
- Reduce my degrees of separation - filling out everybody within four degrees of separation of myself seems like a good start
- Keep contributing to various Data Doctor projects
Useful Tools
https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/nelson3486/connections/
https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/nelson3486/stats/
https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/nelson3486/brickwalls/
http://wikitree.sdms.si/default.htm?report=srch2
DNA Confirmation
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mark Dorney and his first cousin once removed Stuart Dorney. Stuart is a son of Kiernan Dorney and our most-recent common ancestors are Kiernan's parents, James Dorney and Marie Kiernan. We share 472 cM across 21 segments. Stuart's DNA is no longer public on Ancestry.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mark Dorney and his first cousin Bradley Cox. Bradley is a son of Lesley Clapp and our most recent common ancestors are Keith Clapp and Marjorie Ridley. We share 748cm across 40 segments.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Mark Dorney at registration.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Mark's formal name
- full middle name (S.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
Sponsored Search
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Mark or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Mark or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Mark Dorney: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #IN91052, MitoYDNA ID T15456 [compare]
- Mark Dorney: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U5b2b4a, FTDNA kit #IN91052, MitoYDNA ID T15457 [compare]
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100.00%
100.00%
Mark Dorney:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A700575 [compare], Ancestry member msdorney
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Helen Toey
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AncestryDNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Mark:
- Mark Dorney is a Wonderful Wikitreer Jan 28, 2022.
- Mark Dorney is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 19, 2021.
- Mark Dorney is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 13, 2020.
- Mark Dorney is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 21, 2020.
- Mark Dorney is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 20, 2020.
- Mark Dorney is a Wonderful Wikitreer Apr 11, 2019.
Mark is 22 degrees from Isaac Asimov, 24 degrees from David Attenborough, 27 degrees from Bill Bryson, 22 degrees from Richard Dawkins, 34 degrees from Bengt Feldreich, 21 degrees from Ruth Gates, 28 degrees from Stephen Hawking, 31 degrees from Julius Miller, 22 degrees from Bill Nye, 22 degrees from Magnus Pyke, 30 degrees from Carl Sagan and 25 degrees from David Randall on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Carol
Cheers and good luck with your research!
The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out our annual check-in to see how you are going in the project. We'd really like to give you a huge thank you for all your work on Australian profiles over the past year! We've made great progress in 2020/21 with your assistance.
Please could you reply to this message, to let us know if you would like to stay on in the project and if you are happy with your current role and team involvement.
If you would like to do something additional or different, take a look on the Australia Project page to see what other opportunities there are.
It would also be great to get any feedback or suggestions that you have to improve the project.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Gillian, Co-leader, Australia Project
Yes I am happy to stay involved and in my current situation. I've mostly been focusing on Western Australian profiles, mostly making sure all profiles from the 1830s are in wikitree, have all their family connections and at least one source.
Cheers Mark
Here’s an extract of Luxton in the Devon records. Hope it proves useful,
Best wishes, David
1524 roll:
Winkleigh
Lots of Luxtons in Winkleigh:
Thomas Luxton, £11, L.
William Luxton, £2, G.
William Luxton Snr., £3, G.
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Joan Luxton, £8, G.
Hugh Luxton, £3, G.
John Luxton, £4, G.
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Hugh Luxton, £3, G.
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William Luxton, £3, G.
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Note. These persons were listed in four separate groups within the roll. This may have some significance, so I have indicated how they appear in the list.
Brushford parish is unfortunately missing from 1524.
1543 Roll
Brushford (1544)
Hugh Luxton, £20
Winkleigh (1545)
Bernard Luxton, £5
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William Luxston, £1
Richard Luxston, £1
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John Luxston, £2
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Edmund Luxston, £4
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Hugh Luxston, £2
Devon taxes
1581 Subsidy:
Brushford
Robert Luxton, £6, G.
John Luxton, £5, G.
Winkleigh
Barnard Luxton, £4, L.
Thomas Luxton, £2, L.
Joan Luxton, wid., £1, L.
Mark Luxton, £1, L.
1642 Assessment:
Winkleigh
Barnard Luxton, 6s 8d.
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Samuel Luxton, 20s.
Thomas Luxton, 26s. 2d.
Scipio Luxton, 17s. 4d.
George Luxton, 17s. 10d.
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Joan Luxton, 4s.
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Emanuel Luxton, 1s 10d.
John Luxton, 5s. 6d.
Bernard Luxton, 3s.
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George Luxton, 4s.
Joan Luxton, 4s.
I would to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We have achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members. Are you happy to stay in your current project teams? Which teams are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future? Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Mike Christmas, England Project Leader
No change required. I'm still chipping away at the 851 errors, which being all privacy locked take some time. Making some progress recently and are down to 423 profiles, not of all which will need chasing up.
Cheers Mark
Welcome to the Australian Projects team. I am working on the Eureka Stockade project. You will find most people on Wikitree to be supportive & helpful. If there you have any questions I'm happy to find an answer. Ken
No sure what the Eureka Stockade project is, however, I am researching what the Eureka Agitation was as they 'support/sponsored' various ships to bring immigrants to Victoria. My gr grandfather, Joseph Hunt, arrived on the Aberfoyle, which is one such ship which arrived on 12 December 1854. Can you help in advising me where to look for such information. Thanks
I think someone's leaping over from the Floods in Ireland soon. Cheers Wheels Flood
It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.
First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?
Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Joan, Amy & Lizzie.
I choose not to get emails from the google group. Too many "Comment on" messages and the like. Discord is cool but just doesn't seem to fit in with the way I do things.
Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. I wanted to thank you for your work on English Profiles. These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the project leaders for everything you do!
Kindest Regards, Amy Utting
Also, while looking up your ancestor, I found an Isaac Love in an 1849 land assessment document living in the same building in Cork City as a William O'Brien (maybe related to Mary O'Brien?): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94J-MSFZ?i=304&cc=2329951&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQVMG-3Q27
Other Cork family names I am working on: Hunt, Love, Compton, Kemp, Rountree, Ball. I haven't yet had the opportunity to upload my tree to WikiTree, but you can have a look at Family Search if you like.
Let me know if you find a connection, and PM me if you like.
On behalf of the England Leaders, I wanted to say a huge thank you for all your contributions towards the project in the past six months as a Team Member for GEDcoms and Managed Profiles. We've achieved a great deal during this time and we couldn't have done it without you.
Are you happy to stay in your current teams and the project as a whole? Are there any other teams you'd like to join? What are we doing well, and what would you like to see us doing differently moving forwards?
Please respond to this message via e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks,
Susie, England Project Leader :-)
Regards,
Margaret
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
In July 2019, you made 1000+ (actually, over 2900!) contributions to our Shared Tree! I commend for your time and effort. Keep up the great work!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Many thanks for all your work. I have inserted the date of birth and death for Michael Hallissey. When I have more time I hope to add some more information to the Hallissey tree. Ellen