Herman Klaber

[CARMAN N. KLABER JR.]

I HAD A GREAT UNCLE, HERMAN KLABER GO DOWN ON THE TITANIC. I WAS ONLY INFORMMED OF THIS JUST LAST YEAR. FROM CHILDHOOD I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN DESATER. EVEN MORE SO NOW. ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON MR.KLABER WOULD BE APPREACIATED.

CARMAN N. KLABER JR.
SHAWNEE,KS.

 

[Leigh Anthony Ross]

Does anyone know the age of 1st class passenger Herman Klaber? Thank-you

 

[Leigh Anthony Ross]

when he sailed on the Titanic

 

[Brian Meister]

Hello Leigh,

According to census records, Hermann Klaber
was 41 years old, having been born in Nov
of 1870 in San Francisco. A word of caution
here, as sometimes these ages are proved
incorrect, but it's a start.

Happy New Year!

Brian

 

[Leigh Anthony Ross]

Thank-you Brian

 

[Karrie Wright]

Where do you guys find this stuff if it's not on their page?

Karrie

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Karrie, some of the people who are responding to you are researchers who take an interest in passengers and crew. Quite a few of them have collected an impressive stack of notes, stories and records over the years. Not all of them are going to appear right here on ET because there's just too much information there to make it practical to transcribe to this website, copyright issues, or they just don't have time to do so.

 

[Phillip Gowan]

Klaber's exact date of birth has eluded me despite years of searching all sorts of documents--the census record is the closest out there that we've found. Even his three granddaughters don't know for sure when he was born.

 

[Ben Holme]

The San Francisco papers invariably reported Klaber's age as "not quite 40" or words to that effect, but I'm inclined to accept the Census information.

Phil -- I'm very interested to hear that you have been in contact with Klaber's grandchildren. I'm reminded here of a thread a while back concerning descendants of 1st class passengers, and whether or not their wealth has retained through the years.

Klaber undoubtedly left a huge estate from his hop farming, and as Herman and Gertrude only had one daughter, the wealth couldn't have dispersed into lesser chunks, as was the case with larger families, such as the Ryersons and the Chaffees. So presumably, the grandchildren must have inherited quite a bit from their mother?

Hope you had a good xmas and new year!

Ben

 

[Phillip Gowan]

Hey Ben,
While I've not met the Klaber descendants nor visited their homes, I would assume they are all quite "comfortable." Not only did Klaber leave a nice legacy but his daughter married a well-to-do man. Although Klaber's daughter died relatively young her husband just died in very recent years and left the three daughters so I'm sure they came in for most of their father's estate as well (he had remarried and the second wife I assume would have gotten at least a portion of that estate and she is still living--or was the last I knew). The one I have been in contact with lives in Oregon but neither she nor her sisters seem to have any records indicating a birthdate for their grandfather.

Am headed over your way again in February for the British Titanic Exhibition in Bradford/Leeds and hope we can meet up again and have another big Titanic passenger discussion. Maybe some of us can get together in London one night if Bradford isn't convenient to most of the ET'ers in England.

Phil

 

[Iain Stuart Yardley]

Afternoon Phil,

I'll be in Bradford for the exhibition on Feb 14/15. May see you there!

Cheers,

Boz

 

[Phillip Gowan]

Hey Boz--I'll be working at the exhibition from the 13th thru the 18th--when you get there ask for me and I'll be around somewhere-

Will be back in London on the night of the 19th and maybe some of us can have dinner that are in the London area--then off for a weekend in Budapest to visit Mr. Tanito and gorge on dessert at Lancelot's Restaurant--the best in the world! Back to London on Monday night the 23rd of February and flying back to South Carolina on the 24th. Surely some of us can hook up somewhere/sometime.

Phil

 

[Ben Holme]

Hi Phil!

Add'l information on Klaber's descendants is appreciated. I was unaware that his only daughter did not live well into old age. Having read various obituaries on the man, many naming him "millionaire hop king", I somehow suspected that his descendants would still be comfortably off.

Would be great to see you in Feb! I would be delighted of the opportunity to talk passengers with you again. Dinner in London sounds good. I'm sure Jemma would be up for it too. I meant to ask; how did the Portsmouth exhibition go?

 

[Phillip Gowan]

Hey Ben,
I hear that Portsmouth went very well but I missed that one--was on the big trip to Africa, Cape Verde Islands, etc. Bristol was a lot of fun and I got to meet a lot of the crew and passenger relatives--one of the most interesting being a niece of Ethel Beane. She had done a lot of research on the family and had quite a collection of photos as well.

Hope you, Jemma, and I and any others interested can get together next month in London. Be thinking about a good restaurant you've always wanted to try!

Phil

 

[Maria Fernandez]

hey, can i pop by and say hello? lol j/k