Brad Jones
Honor Code SignatorySigned 21 Nov 2020 | 17,140 contributions | 669 thank-yous | 3,176 connections
Signed 21 Nov 2020 | 17,140 contributions | 669 thank-yous | 3,176 connections
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Brad R. Jones
Born 1970s.
Ancestors 
and Brother of
[private sister (1960s - unknown)] and [private sister (1970s - unknown)]
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Biography
Brad Jones was born in New South Wales, Australia
I was born in 1971 in Maitland District Hospital at Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, the second child and only son of Alan Mervyn JONES and Carolyn CHAPMAN.
When I was 16 years old, I attended three family funerals over a five month period, and realised that the same people had attended all three funerals. Not knowing who they were or how they were related, I began to ask questions. A photo of a soldier on my grandmother's wall also took my interest. Armed with a list of my great-grandparents written by my dad (see below), I visited the local cemeteries in search of my ancestors. Thus began an obsession that has so far spanned 35 years!
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| A list of my Great-Grandparents handwritten by my father Alan Jones in 1987 |
My Surnames
- Click on Surname to view EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
- Paternal vs Maternal ancestors
- Baker, Beadle , Billson , Burgess
- Carpenter, Cater , Chapman , Chapman , Colhoun , Collins , Cush
- Dunck, Dunham
- Edwards, Elliott
- FInes (Fines) , French
- Gard, Gilbert , Greenfield
- Hanstock, Hardes , Harmer , Hence , Hicks , Honeysett , Hussel
- Jarvis, Jensen , Jones
- Kyle
- Lethbridge
- Marsh, Martin , Monk
- Pankhurst, Peak , Pope
- Rhodes, Rolf
- Savage, Skinner , Soane
- Tarr, Terry , Tester
- Wake, Westbury , Weston , Whinyates , Whipps , White , Wright
Ethnicity Estimates
Brad Jones has English ancestors.
Brad Jones has Scottish Ancestors.
Brad Jones has Irish ancestors.
- Ancestry as of July 2023 update
- England & Northwestern Europe 57%
- Scotland 34%
- Ireland 3%
- Sweden & Denmark 2%
- Norway 2%
- Wales 2%
- MyHeritage as of September 2024
- English 66%
- Irish, Scottish & Welsh 27%
- Greek & South Italian 5%
- West Asian 2%
Involvement on WikiTree
Brad Jones has completed the England Project's Post 1700 Orphan Trail I.
Brad Jones is a member of the Australia Project.
Brad Jones participated with Southern Cross Stars during the Jul 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 87 connections.
Brad Jones participated with Southern Cross Stars during the 2024 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 72 previously unsourced profiles.
Brad Jones participated with The Wizards of Aus during the Jan 2025 Connect-a-Thon, and added 523 connections.
My journey with WikiTree began in Nov, 2020, however it took me until March, 2022 to find the time (and work up the courage!) to start adding profiles.
I became a member of The Australia Project in August, 2022, focusing mainly on New South Wales, and in particular The Hunter district.
I have participated in all three connect-a-thons in 2024, which has been a great experience, and has helped to increase my CC7 counts, and will be participating in the 2024 Source-a-Thon.
My future goal is to start a One Place Study for my hometown of Tarro, New South Wales, Australia.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Brad Jones at registration.
DNA
- Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Brad JONES and Alan JONES, Parent/Child. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Parent/child, based on 3,464 cM shared across 28 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Brad Jones and E.R., his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph Whipps and Mary Ann Hardes, the great great grandparents of both Brad Jones and E.R.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th - 8th Cousin, based on sharing 18 cM across 1 segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Brad Jones and L.H., his 2nd cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Herbert Lethbridge and Gertrude Baker, the great grandparents of Brad Jones and 3x great grandparents of L.H.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th - 6th Cousin, based on sharing 39 cM across 3 segments.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Brad JONES and CJ. Parent/Child. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Parent/child, based on 3,459 cM shared across 27 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Brad's formal name
- full middle name (R.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (3)
- private siblings' names
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Brad Jones: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #B361774
- Brad Jones: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1c2b5, FTDNA kit #B361774
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100.00%
100.00%
Brad Jones:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A681566 [compare] [compare x], yourDNAportal BRAc4deb972, Ancestry member BeeJay01
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50.00%
Alan Jones
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A927572 [compare]
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~12.50%
Beverly Jones :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Jane Moffat :
MyHeritage DNA
Australian Connections: Brad is 22 degrees from Cate Blanchett, 20 degrees from Russell Crowe, 19 degrees from Howard Florey, 19 degrees from Dawn Fraser, 26 degrees from Cathy Freeman, 21 degrees from Barry Humphries, 18 degrees from Albert Jacka, 20 degrees from Hugh Jackman, 14 degrees from Bertram Mackennal, 18 degrees from Rupert Murdoch, 14 degrees from Banjo Paterson and 19 degrees from Henry Ross on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Categories: Tarro, New South Wales | Maitland, New South Wales | Australia Project Members
I have been doing genealogy for 65 years since I married and gained the surname Jellyman - had to research that. Been going ever since. Joined Wikitree in 2017 and started entering the family one by one then. Only recently (via the YouTube videos) discovered the extensions which I think cut the time for putting on entries to a quarter of the time. Now into putting on Grandchildren's spouses - it never stops. Best wishes, Marian (Stokes-3595)
I started off wanting to add my own family members in to increase my CC7, however I fell down a few rabbit holes - kept finding profiles that had lots of children and grandchildren that needed to be added on. Then all the spouses and in-laws....
Regards, Brad (Jones-98694)
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2024! Together, we have made a significant difference to the quality of the One Big Tree, as we strive towards making English profiles the best that they can be.
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2024 Newsletter. You can read it here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Newsletters We hope you enjoy reading about our many project achievements and ongoing developments.
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, I wish you all the best for a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2025!
Ian, England Project Leader
It's time for our annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for your involvement in the Project in the last year and for all your help improving Australian profiles on WikiTree. Australia Project members play such a vital role in Australian genealogy on WikiTree.
Please could you reply to this profile comment (don't add a new comment!), or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and to let us know what you plan to work on for the next year, and if you would like to change any of the teams you are on. Our teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.
We know that people move on to new things, so if you no longer want to be in the Australia Project, please let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.
Many Australia Project members are active on Discord. It's a great way to communicate with other members of your project team/s, or to ask any general questions. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. We also communicate through the Australia Project google group, and on the G2G.
We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Kylie, Margaret and Veronica
I'm more than happy to stay with the Australia Project, and also the teams I am on.
As well as working on my own branches and twigs, I'll continue to focus on improving and adding profiles connected to my own little part of the world, ie. Maitland, New South Wales and surrounds.
I've also started my own personal project: a freespace page where I am creating a list of soldiers who enlisted for WWI at the drill hall situated at the showground in Maitland, New South Wales, which I am obtaining from the recruitment notices published in The Maitland Mercury newspaper in 1915 and 1916. My goal is to use this page as a collective source, by linking existing/new profiles to the page. As almost all of these soldiers were assigned to the 34th and 35th Battalions, I would also like to eventually get them all connected to the Category pages for these two battalions.
Australia, West Maitland - WWI Recruiting Campaign
Kind Regards, Brad
Oh wow!! Your Maitland WW1 project sounds incredible. Thank you so much :-) Also delighted that you're staying on in the project.
Gillian
I sent you a message a while ago as part of the England Project's annual check-in with project members. I haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well.
If you could send me a quick message to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be great. We ask all project members to reply to our annual check-in as a requirement of membership.
Thank you again for your contributions towards the England Project's goals!
W Robertson, on behalf of the England Project leadership
Sorry, I though I replied to this a week ago.
I'm happy to continue working with the Sussex county team. There are a handful of other counties I'm interested in, but I will contact the County Team Leader/s when I decide which ones to work in next.
Kind Regards, Brad
Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year.
Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?
Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.
Many thanks!
W Robertson, on behalf of the England Project leadership
Thank you so much for joining the Southern Cross Stars for the Connect-a-Thon this weekend. There is information on the Southern Cross Stars page, and our chat post at https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1682615 . We'll be chatting during the Thon on the new Aussie Challenge Teams Discord channel. You can message me any time if you have any other questions. I'm always happy to help! Gillian, Southern Cross Stars Team Leader
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Joan, England Project Leader
We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.
Please could you reply to this message, or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and if you'd like to make any changes to the teams that you belong to. The teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.
If you've moved on to other things for the moment, that's absolutely fine. We'd appreciate if you'd let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.
Over the past year, Australia Project members have been more active on Discord. We're finding it a fun way to communicate as a project. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. It's a great way to communicate with other members on your project team/s, or for any general questions.
We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Margaret and Veronica
Yes, I'm happy to continue with the Australia Project. Could I be added to the Sourcerers and Connectors Teams this year please? I'll be concentrating on New South Wales for both.
Regards, Brad
I've added you to both the Sourcerers and Connectors teams. All the best for the coming year.
Regards, Margaret
You’re a member of Southern Cross Stars for the 2023 WikiTree Source-a-Thon. Thanks for choosing us! Your Bib is 159 if you want to your Bib and create a sticker. We kick off this evening. The times for starting and finishing for various locations in Australia is at Southern Cross Stars Chat.
There is Source-a-Thon ‘how to’ information and some lists of unsourced profiles to work on at Southern Cross Stars, but you can work on any unsourced profiles that you want. You’ll find resources relevant to Australia under Australia Project Resources. We'd love to see you on the team Discord channel. If you haven't yet joined Discord, see Help:Discord.
I’m always happy to receive a direct message if you have any other questions, or need help with anything. Have a great fun weekend :-) Gillian, your Team Captain!
I was going to post to invite you to join up to the Southern Cross Stars for the Source-a-Thon, but you beat me to it :-) Thanks so much for registering. Also Congratulations for doing the first level of the England Project Orphan Trail. That's such a valuable thing to do.
Gillian
Brad
Thank you for joining our project. We are pleased that you decided to join us and hope that you find the Orphan Trail rewarding.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in and we are interested in your perspective as a Trailer, whether you are still waiting to be buddied up with a Trailblazer, on the road to completing the Orphan Trail, or taking a short break.
We would be interested to hear whether you're finding the explanations and guidance in the Orphan Trail pages useful. No more than a couple of sentences would be enough. We are always looking to improve and feedback plays an important part.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again. We look forward to your completion of the Orphan Trail and your continued involvement in our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
I have completed the two profiles from the 1838-1957 period of OT1, and I am currently working on my first profile from the1700-1837 period. I have been buddied up with Gillian Loake, who has been very helpful and has provided some great feedback.
I have been reading through the Orphan Trail pages as well as a few example profiles, and have found them very useful.
Kind Regards, Brad
edited by Mary (Andrews) Barton
Kind Regards, Brad
Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles! It’s very important to read and understand the Help:Pre-1700 Profiles page. These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines in the certification quiz.
Primary sources should always be added to pre-1700 profiles at the time they are created. If you don't have a source for a pre-1700 profile, it would be best to ask for help in the G2G forum before creating the profile.
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This page also has some general category guidelines https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Category_Guidelines_for_Australia_Project
Regards, Margaret
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