KALBACH, Josiah L.

Male 1835 - 1909  (74 years)


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  • Name KALBACH, Josiah L. 
    Born 1835  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Apr 1909  Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I872  Hans Georg Spang
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2015 

    Father KALBACH, Daniel,   b. 1801, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother ???, Catherine,   b. 1800, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F480  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Philadelphia Inquirer - April 13, 1909
      Josiah L. Kalbach, 74 years old, leader of the Spang heirs, who are trying to recover millions which they claim to be due them in Germany, died at Reading yesterday from a stroke of paralysis. THe heirs claim to be descendants of John George Spang who died during Revolutionary days and was a millionaire iron manufacturer.

      Albuquerque Journal - April 13, 1909

      Death Halts Will Contest
      Reading, Pa., April 12 -- The quest for the millions of the late John George Spang, who was one of the wealthiest men in Germany, has been halted here today by the death of Josiah L. Kalbach, 74 years of age, one of the oldest direct descendants of Spang. The latter when he died left a vast estate. The famous Spang castle at Hamburg, Germany, now occupied by Baron Kugthansen, is claimed by the estate which is valued at $120,000,000.