David Nixon
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David Nixon

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David B. Nixon
Born 1960s.
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Brother of [private brother (1950s - unknown)]
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Biography

David was born on 24 Jan 1962. He is the son of Bruce Nixon and Fay Perkins. David is still living.

Name: David Bruce NIXON. [1]

Born 24 JAN 1962. Base Hospital, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. [1]

Baptism: 11 FEB 1962. St Carthages Cathedral, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia - Fr Redford officiating priest, Sponsor Joan Kyneur. [2]

Occupation: Retired, formerly Engineer / Manager.

Education: Goonellabah Public School 1967 -1973, Richmond River High School 1974 - 1979, New South Wales Institute of Technology - BE(Mech) 1980 - 1985, University of Technology, Sydney - MBA 1986 - 1990.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

Note: (NI0910).

Notes

Note NI0910Worked for Comalco Aluminium from 1980 to 1988. Worked for Shell Australia from 1988 to present at Clyde Refinery, Sydney 1988-1994 and 2006-2012, Pinkenba Terminal 1994-1997, Geelong Refinery 1997-2006 and SUKEP Aberdeen, Scotland 2012-2016. Received kidney transplant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 26 November 1989. This graft lasted until June 2020. He is currently haemo dialysing at home.

DAVID BRUCE NIXON was born 24 Jan 1962 in the base hospital, Lismore, New South Wales. He married JANET ANN LINDA WHITE on the 19 Dec 1987 in Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood, Sydney.

David was baptised on 11 Feb 1962, at St Carthages Cathedral, Lismore, Fr (later Dean) Redford officiating. His sponsor was Joan Kyneur, Fay’s sister. He went to school at Goonellabah Public School 1967 -1973, and then Richmond River High School 1974 – 1979. After school he secured a role as a cadet engineer with Comalco and studied mechanical engineering at the New South Wales Institute of Technology 1980 - 1985, graduating with second class honours. He then completed an MBA at University of Technology, Sydney (formerly NSWIT) between 1986 – 1990.

In1988 he left Comalco and joined Shell with whom he has worked at Clyde Refinery, Sydney 1988-1994 and 2006-2012, Pinkenba Terminal, Brisbane 1994-97, Geelong Refinery, Geelong 1997-2006 and SUKEP Aberdeen Scotland 2012 -16.

In 1988 he was diagnosed with end stage renal failure but received a kidney transplant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 26 November 1989 after only a little over a year on dialysis.

David worked as a volunteer at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. His current interests are family history and home brewing.
David Nixon is a member of the Earl Grey's Famine Orphan Scheme 1848-1850 Team.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Source: S10076
  2. Source: S15285
  • taken from Henry Delaforce's family tree
  • Source: S10076 Birth Certificate of David Nixon Repository: Call Number: Media: Official Document
  • Source: S15285 Baptismal Certificate of David Nixon Repository: Call Number: Media: Official Document
  • First-hand information. Entered by David Nixon at registration.

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David -

Hi... I'm also a Nixon descended from the Nixons of County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.

I'd like to compare notes on how we might be related through our Nixon line...

Ken.

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by Kenneth Nixon
Hi Ken,

GEDMATCH number is GW7315804 .

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by David Nixon
Hi David -

I did a comparison between our at-DNA results. I'd say that our lines, as I suggested earlier was probable... is now CONCLUSIVE. I won't post the specifics on this public page, but... Just on chromosome 2, we've got 3 separate matches totaling 11.3 centimorgans/cM's. We've got two more on Chr.20 of 5.2 and 4.3 cM's... and numerous other matches longer than 3 cM's on various other chromosomes. A total of 55.552% of our SNPs are full identical.

Remember that my own ancestors left 100 years (about) before yours... and our ancestors went to separate continents FAR away from each other. (Mine left Ireland before 1770, so 250+ years ago.) That's the reason that I used a lower threshold to search... because that many generations is really pushing the limits of autosomal DNA tests. The longest matches are 5.2, 4.7, 4.3, 4.1... and there are 10 OTHER matches longer than 3.0 cM's.

For the benefit of whoever reads this, I'm not a geneticist... but I think this qualifies as being enough to conclusively prove that our lines are related.

My GedMatch ID is... DU4847867

I've also taken a Y-DNA test, at FTDNA.ORG FTDNA just started a sale today, and probably has the largest selection of other customers for Y-DNA tests, and thus the largest relevant database... including at least one guy in Australia... And since the Y-DNA test only looks at the direct paternal lineage, it would rule out the OTHER DNA which I think we share from prior to 1750. I don't, myself, think that it is LIKELY that some of our maternal DNA is showing up here, but it's POSSIBLE.

If you decide to get a Y-DNA test done, I recommend that you get at least 37 markers tested. If you wish, you can always upgrade to more markers later on, as they store the second swab for that reason. (With my own, I started with 37, then later upgraded to 67, then to 111, although I had to submit a second kit for the upgrade to 111.)

I'm afraid that, with all of the records that got destroyed in Ireland, this may be the only way that some of us will be able to fill in the gaps.

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by Kenneth Nixon
Hi David,

Thanks for joining us! I hope you're enjoying our site. I just wanted to check in and see how things are going. Do you have any questions I can answer? We want to help!

Click my name above to send me a personal message or post a comment on my profile if you have questions.

Mindy ~ WikiTree Mentor

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by Mindy Silva
Hi

You've been a member for about a week so I thought I would check in to see how it's going. Have the How-Tos been helpful or left you with questions? Most of us have questions after all that information!

I want to help! Click my name, send me a private message or ask in the comment section of my page. Sometimes links don't work in emails. If that's happened to you, check the public comments on your profile. The links will work from there.

Cindy ~ WikiTree Messenger

PS To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by Cindy (Williams) Lesure
Hi David,

A warm welcome to WikiTree. You are now a full member and can add your family to the big tree!

Click here to start with our New Member How-To Pages. They will save you time, energy and frustration as you add your family profiles.

Hope you enjoy WikiTree as much as I have. You never know when you will find a lost family member or ancestor. Or maybe find a hidden family secret about an ancestor. Genealogy to me is like being a detective looking for clues into the past.

Sometimes links don't work in emails. If that's happened to you, check the public comments on your profile as the links will work from there.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm always happy to help!

David ~ WikiTree Greeter

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by David Selman
Welcome to WikiTree!

Just a note to say hello and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about WikiTree. You can contact me by clicking the link to my name above this message, then sending a private message or posting a comment on my profile page.

Thank you, David ~ WikiTree Greeter

P.S. If you ever get a "Page Not Found" error when you click a link in a WikiTree email, you can usually find a functioning link in the public comments section of your profile page.

posted on Nixon-3346 (merged) by David Selman

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