In the early 1900's, there was a Hotel Stewart run by the Stewart family. The address of the hotel is 353 Geary in Union Square. The hotel is still standing but run by another firm. The article was written in 1925 and mentions a fire "about 20 years ago". This must be the earthquake and fire of 1905. Below are the two entries in the Stewart Clan Magazine.
"The armorial emblem of the Hotel Stewart in San Francisco, Calif., is reproduced here because of its showing a portion of a Stewart coat-of arms. One of the proprietors of this hotel
is Charles A. Stewart (the other is Margaret Stewart) and he was born in Scotland, a member of the old noble family of Stewarts of Appin. He came to the United States when he was about 6 years old. He has long been a member of the Stewart Society, which has its headquarters in Edinburgh. The emblem here shown is not the complete coat-of-arms, as the wreath surrounding the escutcheon and the figure at each side have been eliminated. The full coat-of-arms is displayed, however, over the entrance to the hotel.
Charles A Stewart of San Francisco states that his father's papers, together with an old Andre Farrera rapier, given him at the death of his father in Waterloo, Ia., in 1895, were destroyed in the San Francisco fire about 20 years ago. The sword, made in Italy, was taken in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, from an English officer whom he had killed, by one of Mr. Stewart's ancestors who was fighting for Price Charlie (Bonnie Prince), and had been handed down from one generation to another. Mr. Stewart's father brought the sword to America from his old home at Lassingtoloch, near Loch Rannoch,Perthshire, one of the seats of the Stewarts of Appin."
"The armorial emblem of the Hotel Stewart in San Francisco, Calif., is reproduced here because of its showing a portion of a Stewart coat-of arms. One of the proprietors of this hotel
is Charles A. Stewart (the other is Margaret Stewart) and he was born in Scotland, a member of the old noble family of Stewarts of Appin. He came to the United States when he was about 6 years old. He has long been a member of the Stewart Society, which has its headquarters in Edinburgh. The emblem here shown is not the complete coat-of-arms, as the wreath surrounding the escutcheon and the figure at each side have been eliminated. The full coat-of-arms is displayed, however, over the entrance to the hotel.
Charles A Stewart of San Francisco states that his father's papers, together with an old Andre Farrera rapier, given him at the death of his father in Waterloo, Ia., in 1895, were destroyed in the San Francisco fire about 20 years ago. The sword, made in Italy, was taken in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, from an English officer whom he had killed, by one of Mr. Stewart's ancestors who was fighting for Price Charlie (Bonnie Prince), and had been handed down from one generation to another. Mr. Stewart's father brought the sword to America from his old home at Lassingtoloch, near Loch Rannoch,Perthshire, one of the seats of the Stewarts of Appin."
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