Robs Notables

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Surname/tag: VanNostrand-477

Notable connections to Rob vanNostrand, of Nova Scotia. Although be aware that some of this is just exponential math at work. 20 generations of ancestors (degrees) represents about 1 Million people. (less the "repeat ancestors")

Contents 1 Notable Nova Scotians 2 Blood relatives 3 Related by marriage 4 Cousins 5 Other

Notable Nova Scotians

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Nova_Scotia%2C_Notables

• Horse and Buggy Doctor, Noel: Annie Norman Hennigar M.D.C.M. (1873-1950) (14 degrees)
• William D. Lawrence, Maitland boat builder William Dawson Lawrence (1817-1886) (15 degrees)
• Major Samuel Starr - Starr’s point. Samuel Starr (1728-1799) (15 degrees)
• Halliburton House Windsor, Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) (15 degrees)
• Prescott House Museum, Starrs Point. Charles Ramage Prescott (1772-1859) (16 degrees, via Cathy). Mary Mary Allison Prescottt (1879-abt.1969)
• Dr. Helen Creighton, Folklorist. Mary Helen Creighton (1899-1989), (17 degrees)
• Starr Manufacturing, Skates, Dartmouth. John Starr (1827-) (17 degrees)
• Scott Manor, Bedford: Joseph Scott (abt.1724-1800) (18 degrees)
• Les Corkum, American Chestnut tree champion. Leslie Ainsworth Corkum (abt.1922-2020) (18 degrees)
• Port Royal, Louis Hebert (abt.1575-1627) (18 degrees)
• Village of Noel namesake Noel Doiron (abt.1684-1758) (18 degrees)
• Tin Smith General Store Museum, Shubenacadie: Watson Smith (abt.1865-abt.1953) (19 degrees, via Cathy)
• Uniacke House Richard John Uniacke (1753-1830), (19 degrees)
• Thomas McCulloch Museum, Dal. Thomas McCulloch D.D. (1776-1843) (20 degrees)
• Port Royal, Annapolis Royal settlement Jean (Biencourt) de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just (1557-abt.1615), (22 degrees)
• Angus MacDonald Bridge namesake, Angus Lewis Macdonald (1890-1954) (22 degrees)

• Tea Pot / Cement House Museum: Charles William Macdonald (1874-1967)
• Age of Sail Museum, Parrsboro: Keith (Collins) Colins
• Inventor of Pulp Paper manufacturing, Sackville, NS. Charles Fenerty (abt.1821-abt.1892)
• Shand House Museum, Windsor. Clifford Shand (abt.1863-abt.1937)
• Sutherland Steam Mill, Denmark, NS. Alexander R. Sutherland (abt.1860-aft.1940)
• Balmoral Grist Mill, Tatamagouche Alexander McKay (abt.1850-abt.1886)

Blood relatives

• 0025AD My earliest known ancestor, from Persia. Vologases of Parthia I (abt.0025-abt.0078), Rob is 61st great grandson!

• First vanNostrand Jacob Jansen van Noordstrandt (1624-1693), 10 degrees, 8th Great grandfather.
• First Canadian vanNostrand John van Nostrand (1824-1895), 4 degrees, 2nd great grandfather of Rob
• Mayflower, 9xGrandparent, Jean Cooke (bef.1607-abt.1695), 11 degrees

UK

• Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (1926-2022), 19 degrees via Poyer, Queen Elizabeth II and Rob are 14th cousins.
• King Henry V, England (movie): Henry (Lancaster) England KG (1387- 1422); 19 degrees
• King Ecgberht Wessex (0775-0839), 34 degrees
• Welsh Pembroke Castle, protector. John Poyer (abt.1605-1649), common European link, 10 degrees
• Wales Astocracy, Dinefwr Castle (ruins), Carmarthenshire, Walter Rice (abt.1562-aft.1635), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinefwr_Castle, 12 degrees
• Princess Dianna: Diana Frances (Spencer) Mountbatten-Windsor (1961-1997), 12th Cousin, 20 degrees, * William the Conqueror - Guillaume (Normandie) de Normandie (abt.1027-1087), 20 degrees, grandfather.
• IIsaac Newton Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 15 degree ggf

SPAIN

• Napolean Bonaparte Napoleone Bonaparte (1769-1821) 19 degrees via Poyer.
• King of Hungary, Béla (Arpadhazi) Árpádházi (1148-1196)

VIKINGS

• Bluetooth, King of Denmark and Norway. Harald Blåtand (Gormsson) Gormsen VIII (bef.0925-bef.0988), 32nd great grandfather of Rob
• Famous Viking, TV series Uhtred (Northumbria) of Northumbria (abt.0975-1016), 30 degrees
• First King of Portugal, Manuel (Aviz) de Portugal (abt.1469-1521), 20 degrees

• Spainish notable Queen Urraca of Leon: Urraca (León) Alfonso de León (aft.1190-aft.1230)
• Spanish Queen: Berenguela Alfónsez (Bourgogne) de Castilla (1180-1246); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengaria_of_Castile

• Armenian king: Isaac the Great (of Armenia) Armenia (abt.0338-abt.0439), 48 degrees

Related by marriage

• Working on Irish WILSON family line, starting with Ralph Hanlon Wilson (1932-2015)

• Governor of Nova Scotia, Edward Cornwallis (1712-1776)13 degrees via Hurlburt line, 7th cousin
• First Canadian Prime Minister, John Alexander Macdonald (1815-1891), 19 degrees via Hurlburt.
• King of France, Louis-Auguste (Bourbon) de France (1754-1793), 24 degrees, via Poyer line. Also proven via DNA with 23&me.
• W.H. Bartlett British painter / artist / lithographer travelled in Nova Scotia, 24 degrees via Skidmore, William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)
• Woman Viking in Newfoundland, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir (abt.0980-), 37 degrees via Poyer.
• Prophet Muhammad (بن عبدالله) ibn Abd Allah ﷺ (abt.0570-0632), 46 degrees.
• Oak Island suspect for treasure, William Phipps (1651-1695)
• Titanic survivor, Frank Philip Aks (1911-1991) (20 degrees)
• Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 15 degrees

Cousins

As per family search: https://www.familysearch.org/en/connect/famous Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Lady Dianna Spencer, Lucille Ball, George Washington, Wilbur Wright, Franklin Roosevelt, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Elvis Presley, Walt Disney, Mr. Rogers, Judy Garland, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Margaret Thatcher.

First king of Portugal: Manuel (Aviz) de Portugal (abt.1469-1521), cousin, 20 degrees.

The Empress of Austria. Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie (Wittelsbach) Wittelsbach von Österreich-Ungarn (1837-1898)

Other

• Black African slave: Sam van Nostrand (abt.1730-aft.1783)
• Robert (Bruce) the Bruce King Robert Ist of Scots (1274 - 1329), 23 degrees via Poyer, Robert and Rob are second cousins 21 times removed, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bruce-129, Braveheart, Netflix Movie “Outlaw King”
• Viking, Scandinavian King, 800 CE, Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurdsson (abt.0800-abt.0865)
• Samuel (Champlain) de Champlain (1574-1635)
• Newt Knight, Mississippi, State of Jones Newton Stuart Knight (1829-1922) (19 degrees)
• Frida Mexican Artist. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
• Turkey, 1st Sultan of Suliman Mosque, Süleyman Osmanlı (1494-1566) (18 degrees via marriage)
• trail of tears, Vann. James Vann (abt.1766-1809) (19 degrees via marriage)
• Coffee imported to the America's Gabriel-Mathieu Francois D'ceus de Clieu (abt.1687-1774)

Oak Island owner (black). Samuel Ball UEL (1765-1846)

Interesting Spaces:

• King Arthur and the Knights of the round table: King Arthur