Woodbern, Sigma Alpha Phi, noble or not?

Loads of info in the letter date 1910/11 (edited date), I just wonder if Woodbern ever succeeded in tracing his links to the English nobility?

 

"This evening, while looking through Burke's Peerage..." Such a coincidence; I start my letters like that all the time.

Debora

 

We catch up with him here in the early 1920s.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Q...EIPjAF#v=onepage&q=woodbern remington&f=false

Debora

 

Family firm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Arms

Debora

 

Oh, dear... so many American families use crests and coats of arms that they are not entitled to use. But they don't know it. I hope he figured this out at some point. I wonder whether Rev. Remington ever replied?

 

Aah, I had him too early, I see he featured in Harvard Monthly in 1911.

 

Woodbern E was born in 1888, so I doubt he was attending Harvard in the 1890's. He does appear in the 1913 Harvard Alumni Directory at the family address in Ilion, but it doesn't say which year he graduated.

After leaving the Army, he served as Professor of Military Science and Tactic at UConn. Died in 1949 and is buried at Arlington.

 

Thanks Bakers, I just edited the date to 1911

 

And on a side note, the embossed initials are Sigma Alpha Phi?

Because I cant find it as a Harvard chapter or fraternity

 

Yes, that is Sigma Alpha Phi, but it might be defunct or perhaps one of those academic groups not your typical "social" fraternity?

 

Here's a mention of Sigma Alpha Phi in old Harvard scrapbook but no details.

http://library.harvard.edu/university-archives/archives-news-5

Debora

 

So, did we ever find out if he's related to the Rev? Now I'm curious.