The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-10
RAILROAD LABORER
Who Died In Poverty Was Direct De.
 scendant of King Edward III.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

Following is a copy of the family tree of Owen Stanley Hernmaan Wooler, young man who died recently in a hospital at Reno, Nev. He had been working as a laborer in a railroad camp. The pedigree was found in his trunk by the public ad- ministrator:
 Edward IT, King of England, and Phil lippa of Hainault, A. D. 1S27
 John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster) and Catherine Swinford.
 Lady Joan Beaufort and Ralph Neville (Earl of Wesmoreland).
 Richard Neville (Earl of WestmorelandD and Alice Montacute daughter of Earl of Salisbury.
 Lady Alice Neville and Henry Lord Fitzhugh.
 Lord Vaux.
 Hon. Catherine yaux and Sir George Trockmorton.
 Annie Trockmorton and John Digby of Colehll (ded 1558).
 Sir George Digby and Abagail Henning- ham.
 Sir Robert Digby (father Lord Digby) and Lettize FitzGerald Baroness of Offa- ley, granddaughter of Gerald, eleventh Earl of Kildare. famous 1641; brother of the first Lord Digby>.
 Essex Digby (Bishop of Dromore) and Thomasine Gilbert.
 Simon Digby (Bishop of Elphin) and Elizabeth Westeura.
 Lettice Digby and Rev. William Brooke (about 1io4, of Rantavan House. rector of killengere, County Cavan).
 Robert Brooke and Honor Brooke (daughter of Rev. Henry Brooke, rector of Kinnawley, in Fermanagh; sister of Governor Brooke of Madras).
 Colonel R. Brooke (governor St Helena) and Mrs. Wynne formerly Miss Maple toft, widow of Wynne, civil service in 1ndia.)
 Elizabeth Brooke and Henry Augustus Marshall tAuditor-General, island of Cey- lon)
 Henry James Marshall and Lucy Maria Sadler
 Ellen Stanley Marshall and Walter Her- naman Wooler.
 To which can now be added Owen Stan ley Hernaman Wooler son, died in Wa shoe county hospital at Reno, Nev., Satur- day night, October 20, 1906.
 It is far cry from a splendid old an- cestral home in England to the rough and tumble railroad camp of Chilcoot. in Sierra county this state, where the Wes- tern Pacific is driving through the mountains one of the longest tunnels on it's route.
 1eL two WeehS dSD dHlOllS lllc ldDOitl5 employed there on some of the toughest work was the scion of not only a noble English house, but one that can trace its descent back to King Edward H., who reigned in 1927.
 The life of hardship and exposure was too much for him, however, though youth and health were on his side, and few nights ago he died, penniless and unknown in the Washoe county hospital at Reno. It |, ,t.aly ha1 searched that his real name and lineage was discovered, and word of his distress- ing death sent to sorrowing relatives in England
 Owen Stanley Hernaman Wooler was the name of the unfortunate youth, for he had barely reached his majority, ac- cording to papers found in his trunk, and his appearance, too. was that Of a very young man. He was a handsome lad, of medium build, fine features, brown hair and eyes and fair skin. He was gradu- ate of Denston college, and to judge from the contents of a large trunk that be- longed to him was of studious habits, notwithstanding that there also were found several athletic costumes, medals, riding suits and other things to indicate a love of outdoor and sporting life gem orally.
 Unfortunately very little is known of his life He was taken with a high fever shortly after entering the hospital and all he said during moments of conscious ness there bearing on himself was toward the end. when he muttered that his nurses eculd learn something from papers In his trunk as to his family. He intimated that he had come from England with consid- erable money which he had lost In an urlucky mining venture. It is assumed ne was the younger son of an English lord.
 His evident fine breeding aroused the interest of the hospital people. and after his death they lost no time in notifying the public administrator. who promptly responded and at once took possession of the few belongings of the dead man. big trunk was the most conspicuous thing in his possession. It was filled with pictures, books. fine clothing and hundred odds and ends. all of which spoke eloquently of a gentle past. But there was nothing to throw light on his presence in Amer ica. The family address. with pictures of brothers and sisters and the home place in England, were there. but no letter to tell why he had left to come to a foreign shore.
 One of the most interesting documents the trunk contained was a paper, careful ly preserved and of fine quality. telling of the pedigree of the Wooler family and tracing 1t back to Edward III. and Philip ps of Hainault in 1927. The officials will rot allow 1t to go out of their posses sion pending advlces from England. but permitted q copy to be made for the Chronicle. Its genuineness Is borne out by other papers in the trunk. and also by cable reports from England
 
 Fisher of Men