Here is the direct lineage of Catherine the Great to Henry David Thoreau — according to OneWorldTree
I don’t see any issues with it – do you?
Sure … 19 generations is a lot to go through between 1729 and 1817, but here is how it works:
Catherine the Great
(1729-1796)
Paul I Romanov
(1754-1801)
Marie Pavlovna Romanov
(1786-1859)
Marie Von Saxe Weimar Eisenach
(1808-1877)
Friedrich Karl Hohenzollern
(1828-1885)
Louise Margaret
(1860-1917)
Patricia Helen Windsor
(1886-1974)
Alexander Arthur Ramsey
(1919-2000)
Agnes Ramsay
(1372-)
William Urquhart
(1411-1475)
Alexander Urquhart
(1445-1503)
Agnes Urquhart
(1885-1956)
Hugh Rose
(1505-1597)
Janet Rose
(1537-)
Mark Dunbar
(-1642)
Ninian Dunbar
(1575-1693)
Robert Dunbar
(1630-1693)
Peter Dunbar
(1668-1719)
Samuel Dunbar
(1704-1786)
Asa Dunbar
(1745-1787)
Cynthia Dunbar
(1787-1872)
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862)
Of course, as I’ve said before, when discussing the case of Lucy and Desi, this doesn’t mean I’m not descended from Chaucer. Some of the linkages they come up with are bound to be correct — so mine could be one of those.
Looks like flawless research to me! [taking another hit from crack pipe] You should see some of the Mormon genealogies which “prove” direct descent from Adam and Eve.
There is a lot of solid genealogy out there. Your Chaucer line may well be accurate. It is hard to know for sure without verifying documentation–always fun.
Check the dates for Agnes Urquhart and Alexander Ramsey through Marie Von Saxe Weimar Eisenach. Either they are the result of typos from the original genealogists or someone just filling in the blanks with whatever sounded right at the time. I’m working on this as well (hoping to connect to Catherine the Great) so if you resolve any of these issues will you please let me know? Many thanks.
P.S. I believe the birthdate for Agnes Urquhart was about 1478 – everything else checks out about her so I have to assume this one was a typo.