The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-30
COMES Of NOBLE FAMILY
DESCENDANT OF ROYAL BLOOD
IN HONOLULU.
Now in Poverty, Seeking to Support
Himself and Mother-Count's Son,
Who Has Relatives in European
Courts.

4 plain looking man in the prime
of life who claims that he is the son
of Count Beauharnias, who is a direct
descendant of the ilustrious house
hold of Paris by that name, is among
the recent arrivals in Honolulu.
His name is Eugene Beauharnais and
he came to these parts from San Fran
cisco on a sailing vessel a little more
than a week ago. The descendant of
the Royal blood of France has had
struggles with poverty and upon his
arrival here sought the humblest lodg-
ings in the city. He was directed to
the Mechanics Home, in Poverty
Row." just opposite the Waverly Block
on Hotel street Here he remained one
night when he picked up his luggage
and wandered to tn outer edge of tie
city in search of quarters.
Eugene Beauharnais left his wod
owed mother in the plainest kind of
lodgings at $40 Broadway, in San
Francisco. He is seeking to earn suf-
ficent money to carry him back to
Europe, where he hopes to be able TO
gain the proper kind of interview
with Empress Eugene, now living in
retirement at Chiselhurst, England.
He believes that her ladyship could, If
she choose to, unravel the thread cf
mystery regarding his ancestors,
which he has long sought after.
The original Count Eugene de Beau
harnais, father of the Frenchman now
in Honolulu, comes of the famous
Beauharnais family in France. He was
student at Fontenay aux Roses, In
stitution Courmand, in 1882, 1888 and
1894. His family have no trace of him
after leaving school until 1854, when
he appeared at Providence, r. l., as a
lecturer and doctor. He was well
educated man and lectured on sciences
and spiritualism. In 1859 in San Fran
cisco, the Count married Sarah ks
sack. The lady comes of an old ManX
family, as old as the Beauharnais.
Eugene was born at Stockton in March
1860, and in the following January the
Count died of brain fever at Culiacan,
in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico.
The young count does not lay any
claim to any relationship with the
Empress Josephine. However, Eugene
de Beauharnais was great uncle Of
the Beauharnais now in Honolulu: he
was also the first husband of Empress
ephine-Napoleon being the second.
The children of her husband, Eugene
Beauharnais, are all accounted for
One son married a Russian Princess
and the other Queen of Portugal.
One daughter married a son of the
King of Sweden, another Hohenzol-
lern, of Germany, and another was in
Austria. Eugene says that his father
may have descended from a brother OF
Alexander, brother of the Empress
Josephine's first husband.
Although the Beauharnais family of
which his father is a prominent mem
Der, has some representation in almost
every European court, Eugene and his
widowed mother have not been assist
ed in the slightest way by their rich
and royal relations Eugene says that
he has been striving for many years
to secure more knowledge of his faith
er's affairs, and he says that he is de-
termined to devote his life to the work
of ascertaining who and what he is.
He believes that his father has proper
ty interests which have been settled
or are now in the process of settle
ment.
Count Eugene Beauharnais now liv-
ing in Honolulu, impresses one as Il
young man of good sense and char
acter. He is "A sailor, minor, engineer,
fond of travel and adventure. The
West Coast of Africa and parts of the
Orient are almost as familiar to him
as his own domicile.