Show Blood Relative of First President George Baron von Washing Washing- Washington Washington ton Is Distinguished Austrian Citizen The fhe most distinguished kinsman and namesake of ot George Washington our first President lives In Europe He Ill Is George Baron von on Washington ot of Poets who was a captain of ot Austrian cavalry ca against America In Inthe inthe the World war The Baron Boron Is sixty sixty- sixty even seven lIe years yean old oltI and lives alone with his seven se dogs In an nn enormous shabby castle In southern Austria Nine Ine hundred years ago the baron sn's says there was a Torlin lord of ot Ravens Havens Ravensworth worth Havens worth England Englund frum from whom the Wash Wash- descended From Froni Torfin to Robert Hobert Washington lord of ot bourne In 1100 the family trees ot of George and the baron were the same Washington married the daugh daugh- daughter daughter daughter ter of ot Lord and hud had several se sons One was Robert Hobert Jr whose sons Sons ons migrated emigrated to America One Ono or of these great grandsons of ot Robert Hobert waS the great grandfather of ot George Georgo Wash Wa li-Ington li Inton Ington who IJ camo first filst or of the United States John another ton son of or Robert Hollert Wash IO and a his Ills descendants de lived lied In l England until the end of ot the Eight Eight- Eighteenth tenth Eight tenth c century when the they emigrated but not to America James Washing Washing- Washington Washington ton lon descendant of ot John Jolin went to Tile The Hague llague and sold his Ills services where he could as an officer In 1700 liH he learned that a Washington hind had become President dent of ot the American republic and after Investigating found that George was his Ills true blood cousin James then thena a Jk 2 c d L lr r l s 1 J Res foca r CO Americans who are Interested In the th family tree tre of George Washington Wa and most Americans are will be Inter Inter- Interested interested r ested in this thi photograph taken re- re reI recently recently re recently In Austria of George Georg Baron von vonI I Washington the th Austrian descend descendant I of f the Washington line and the th bearer of the same name as his hi American relative I I I II tried to get a Job JoL In America and lets let letters lets were exchanged between the t 1 The baron Lawn has lias no COP copy of his great great- great grandfathers grandfathers grandfather's letter hut but he does docs have hll havethe the original of the answer our dent dent sent refusing James a military post In the new republic lIc Georges Glores reason for fur the tie refusal and plain deal deal- dealing InK deal Ins ing as stated In the letter was that It was net In record accord with the policy ot of the Ilse lie American gon government to lu t Lest bestow es ow ollices of ot an any kind on fUl foreigners to the 1 of or her own citizens cr he Ir his Ills blood re- re re rc to ti Later we learn that James Washing Washington ton also nude a II untie name nn unil l position In Ute life for fm himself and Ids his sun son Jacob ruoh an anet et en KI enter one lamb sold his Ills services ices Ice to till the it government tinder ling ludwig l I and became 1111 marl mar mar- mar of tile the court lie Ile n a barn and ond lord lort of the estate It it at Noty-In Noty tip Tp- tipper Up-PT Up I per na Ba Jacobs Jacob's only son OIl Maxi Maximilian I milian the present bunnis bunni's fullier carr carrl nr sled riel d the fatally family career still fUl further lIy by tarrying a Il royal ductless n a in to inU Queen U een n Mary of ot England Now nw theiron the b ron iron tron Is the th last lait of ot Ills his line his hll brother 1 iDi Pathfinder died dl L Pathfinder Magazine |