Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg was born in Boston Massachusetts on June 5, 1971. His former stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, businessman, and former rapper. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In the 1990s, Wahlberg was a member of the music group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, with whom he released the albums, Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992).
Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Men (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996). He received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997).
Mark Wahlberg great-grandparents: Edward Brisbois, Dennis J. Bradley
There is not much information on Marks’s great-grandparents. Below is his ancestral family tree.
| Ancestry of Mark Wahlberg | |
| 1 | Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, b. Dorchester, Mass. 5 June 1971 (Mass VRs, 1971, 21:276) |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 | Donald Edward Wahlberg, b. 163 Coleridge, Boston, Mass. 8 May 1930 (Mass VRs, 1930, 21:457), d. Dorchester, Mass., 18 Feb. 2008 m. Boston 20 November 1965 (Mass VRs, 1965, 16, 146) |
| 3 | Alma Elaine Donnelly, b. Harley Hospital, Boston, Mass. 6 May 1942 (Mass VRs, 1942, 20:465) |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 | Axel Simon Wahlberg, b. Boston, Mass. 6 Jan. 1902 [Mass VRs, 1902, 523:29] m. |
| 5 | Mary Madeline Bradley, b. Boston, Mass. 16 April 1903 [Mass VRs, 1903, 535:69] |
| 6 | Arthur Ambrose Donnelly, b. Boston, Mass. 15 April 1907 [Mass VRs, 1907, 569:223] m. |
| 7 | Leone P. Brisbois, b. Malden, Mass. ca. 1915 |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8 | Axel Gustaf Wahlberg, b. Sweden 17 Sept. 1843, d. Boston, Mass. 5 March 1907 (63 years, 5 months, 14 days), naturalized Boston 20 May 1890 m. Boston 1 August 1885 (Mass VRs, 1885, 363:121) |
| 9 | Ida A. Nordstrom/Peterson, b. Sweden ca. 1857 |
| 10 | Dennis J. Bradley, b. Boston, Mass. Sept. 1870 (Mass VRs, 1870, 225:64) m. Boston 28 Feb. 1895 [Mass VRs, 1895, 453:37] |
| 11 | Sarah A. Doherty, b. Ireland ca. 1873/4 |
| 12 | Walter J. Donnelly, b. St. John, New Brunswick, Canada April 1877, [1930 Census, Boston] m. Boston, Mass. 4 Aug. 1901 [Mass VRs, 1901, 515:191] |
| 13 | Sarah A. Duffy, b. St. John, New Brunswick, Canada ca. 1880 |
| 14 | Edward Brisbois, b. Winchester, Ontario, Canada 4 December 1884 [Carleton County Birth Registrations no. 1885-005151], d. Boston, Mass. 13 Sept. 1938 [Mass VRs, 1938, 19:175], [1930 Census, Boston], crossed border 30 Sept. 1908 [St. Albans Border Crossings] last residence with father, Roger Brisbois, 327 Sussex Street, Ottawa, going to U.S. to stay with brother James Brisbois, 362 Main Street, Boston, 5’6″, medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. m. Malden, Mass. 1913 [Mass VRs, 1913, 619:611] |
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