Todd Gilbert

Ancestors

Son of [private father (1940s - unknown)] and Marian (Lawrence) Gilbert

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Biography

Todd Gilbert was born in New Brunswick, Canada.

Todd Gilbert lived in Manitoba, Canada.

Todd Gilbert lived in Northwest Territories, Canada.

Todd Gilbert lived in Ontario, Canada.

Todd Gilbert lived in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Todd Gilbert, son of Marian (Lawrence) Gilbert and adopted Dad, Don Gilbert, was born in New Brunswick, Canada.

Genealogy

During the fall of 1998, on a trip back home to New Brunswick, I noticed a large faded envelope on my grandparent's kitchen table. When I asked my Nan about it, she told me it was our family history, which her cousin, Ancil Colburne, had worked on through the 60s and 70s prior to his demise. She had recently found it and thought it might be of interest to me.

Todd is a genealogist.

From then until now, I've been on a genealogical journey. Along the way, I continue to enjoy meeting far flung relatives, collaborating with genealogists around the globe, seeing family elders smile at previously unknown family connections, experiencing the odd triumphant research breakthrough, and accepting a few brick walls that challenged Ancil in his day may outlast my research efforts too.

Rather than wonder who might continue our family research when I can no longer do so, I'm consolidating my few decades of genealogical effort on this freely-shared, well-sourced, collaborative WikiTree project for the generations ahead. ^[1]

Autosomal DNA

I've been using genetic genealogy for years now as it instantly provided research outcomes impossible to achieve with standard records-based genealogy efforts alone. It's resolved numerous lineage questions which have perplexed our family for decades and even centuries for some. It's provided wonderful opportunities to assist a few distant cousins in finding their birth families, confirmed the ethnicity of my 2GGP Nadeau, broke through the brick wall of my 3GGP MacDonald, continues to connect global Stradling cadet branches back to the St. Donat's Castle lineage. and never ceases to amaze me at what is possible when DNA kits and well-sourced family trees are combined.

R-BY20476 Y-DNA Patrilineal Research

This Dixon Y-DNA line and those of the Denny/Davis connections below share a DYS442 mutation (10 repeats), which occurs in only 1% of the Y-DNA R1b dataset) and likely defines our branch of the Y-tree. Where Dixon and Denny lines converge, they further share a DYS449 mutation (32 repeats), which occurs in only 4% of the Y-DNA R1b dataset. The research presents Scot-Irish descent with connections to the following other patronymic surnames.

Branches below R-BY20476...
R-BY72236 || 2 DNA kits

• TMRCA for this Dixon line convergence with below surnames || 1700CE
• 1 Denny of Illinois/Missouri
• 1 George Denny (G120) of Ireland to North Carolina/Missouri

R-BY72236 || 6 DNA kits

• TMRCA for this Dixon line convergence with below surnames || 1450-1500CE
• 6 Davis of Scotland to North Carolina... terminal SNP is R-BY121696
  • 4 of 6 Davis cousins descend from Walter Davis of Georgia b1772

R-BY36125>R-FGC72646>R-BY24523 || 6 DNA kits

• TMRCA for this Dixon line convergence with below surnames || 1250-1450CE
• 5 McPherson of Scotland to Maryland... terminal SNP is R-FTA89864
  • All 5 McPherson cousins descend from Daniel McPherson (1755-1844)
• 1 McIntosh of Scotland

R-BY36125>R-BY36118 || 6 DNA kits

• TMRCA for this Dixon line convergence with below surnames || 1100-1250CE
• 2 Elder of Scotland... terminal SNP is R-FT264638
• 2 Elder of Ireland... terminal SNP is R-BY36123
• 2 Elder of Scotland... terminal SNP is R-CTS7550

Clans MacPherson, MacIntosh, and Davidson were part of the Clan Chattan confederation, which is one possible origin of each line above.

Haplogroups

My paternal surname lineage is Dixon, DNA proven via auDNA matching and record sources back to late 18th century Donegal, Ireland.

Paternal Haplogroup (FTDNA-Big 700)

R-M343 (R1b)|| FTDNA, YFull, WT Cat, Project

R-L574 > R-L761 > R-L389 > R-P297 >

R-M269||FTDNA, YFull, WT Cat

R-L23 > R-L51 > R-P310 > R-L151 >

R-P312||FTDNA, YFull, WT Cat

R-Z46516 > R-FGC84729 >

R-ZZ37||FTDNA, Project

R-FTB8991 >

R-BY20464||FTDNA

R-BY20474 > R-BY20476 >

R-BY72236||FTDNA

Dixon Surname Y-DNA Project

My maternal line is DNA proven via auDNA matches and record sources back to early 19th century Surrey, England.

Maternal Haplogroup (23andMe) H1a

Ancestors and Notable Kin on WikiTree

After 25 years of family research, my genealogy interests continue to expand. Here are my confirmed ancestors out 7 generations, plus some regions of research interest and notable kin for a little fun too.

LINEAGE	MATERNAL	atDNA[2]	PATERNAL	atDNA[3]
Parents	1 of 1	1	1 of 1	1
GP	2 of 2	2	2 of 2	2
1GGP	4 of 4	4	4 of 4	4
2GGP	8 of 8	8	8 of 8	5
3GGP	16 of 16	10	16 of 16	4
4GGP	25 of 32	7	16 of 32	5
5GGP	30 of 64	6	17 of 64	1

Canada and Former British / French Colonies (1772-present) Todd is the 2nd great grandson of Hon. James Hamilton Ross, Senator. Todd is the 4th cousin, 3 times removed of Lucy Maud (Montgomery) MacDonald, OBE + Author.

Western Highlands (Medieval-present) Dumfries & Galloway (1600s-present) Todd is the 27th great grandson of Somerled, King of the Sudreys, Lord of the Isles. Todd is the 23rd great grandson of Robert Bruce, King of Scots.

SW Counties (Medieval-present) London + SE Counties (1600s-present) Todd is the descendant of Sir John de Stratelinges / Johannes von Strättligen III. Todd is the 27th great grandson of Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford. Todd is the 34th great grandson of Ælfred of Wessex, "Alfred the Great, King of Wessex".

Glamorgan + Monmouthshire + Pembrokeshire (Medieval-present) Todd is the 25th great grandson of Llewelyn Fawr, Prince of Wales.

Plantation of Ulster (1700s) Londonderry + County Donegal

Prussia / Vorpommern, Germany (Medieval-present)

New Amsterdam / New York (1600s-present) Massachusetts + Maine + Michigan (1800s-present)

Projects

Here are the genealogy projects I'm presently involved in.

WikiTree Projects

This profile is part of the Stradling Name Study.

Todd Gilbert is a member of the Stradling Name Study Project.

Stradling Name Study

Wales Project

Todd Gilbert participated with Team Welsh Dragons during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.

Todd Gilbert participated with Welsh Dragons during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon.in the January + April events.

Todd Gilbert participated with Welsh Dragons during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon.in the April + July events.

Todd Gilbert participated with Team Welsh Dragons during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.

Coordinator: Managed Profiles Team

Leader: Wales Data Doctor Team

Leader: Pembrokeshire Team

Member: Glamorgan Team

England Project

Leader: Somerset Team

Member: England Data Doctor Team

Member: England Quakers Team

Canada Project

Member: New Brunswick Team

Medieval Project

Member: England+Wales Team

Non WT Projects

• Founder: New Brunswick Gen Links (1999-2022)
• Coordinator: New Brunswick GenWeb
• Member: New Brunswick Genealogical Society
• Facebook / GedMatch Group Member: Somerset Ancestors and Genealogy
• Facebook / GedMatch Group Member: The MacDonald Ancestor DNA Project of Antigonish, NS
• Facebook / GedMatch Group Member: The Scottish Surname Registry
• Facebook / GedMatch Group Member: Welsh DNA and Genetic Genealogy

Providing Assistance for New Brunswick, Canada Research

I have an ever-expanding personal library of New Brunswick history books and reference material, as well as, an extensive understanding of the regional geography, area surnames, and over 20 years of providing guidance to online/offline genealogy resources for researching New Brunswick. If you require assistance with your genealogy research in New Brunswick, send me a brief private message with your query and I'll assist as my time permits.

NOTE: I no longer live in New Brunswick, so am only able to accept requests for digital assistance; nothing "on the ground" anymore.

Sources

1. ↑ Direct recollections of Todd Gilbert
2. ↑ DNA * Mother/son relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between son, Todd Gilbert GEDmatch YU2615646, and mother, Marian (Lawrence) Gilbert GEDmatch LQ2672271. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1, based on sharing 3556.3 cM across 50 half-match segments.
3. ↑ DNA * Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Todd Gilbert + PG. Their most-recent common ancestors are Sen. Hon. James Hamilton Ross and Barbara Elizabeth (McKay) Ross, 2nd great grandparents of Todd Gilbert and 1st great grandparents of his cousin. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin 1x removed based on 103 cM across 7 segments.

Advance Directive

In the event of my untimely death, incapacitation, or other event, which permanently prevents my continued contributions to WikiTree, I leave the following instructions for WikiTree Admin.

1. Please, NEVER delete my profile as I wish for it to remain connected to my many decades of research already applied to thousands of WikiTree profiles and hopefully decades more years of research ahead. Instead, I ask that the privacy setting be left as is and add Keely (Skidmore) Brower as profile manager, even if she is not presently on its trusted list. She will then adjust as necessary with my updated status.
2. For all private profiles under my management, add Keely (Skidmore) Brower as profile manager, even if she is not presently on its trusted list.
3. For all other post-1500 direct ancestor profiles under my management, add Keely (Skidmore) Brower as profile manager, even if she is not presently on its trusted list.
4. For all WikiTree projects, which I am a team member, please notify the team leaders of my inability to continue and my immense sense of accomplishment gained from being a member of each team.

Thank you to the WikiTree Admin Team for their ongoing efforts in this worthwhile endeavour of a single, fully-sourced, global tree freely available to everyone.

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