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Mixed in with old family letters and documents, I found two interesting newspaper clippings dated 1913 regarding the mythigcal Webber inheritance story. Apparently there were a number of versions of the myth. I wonder how many lawyers perpetuated the myth for profit? Has anyone else found similar clippings in their family papers?
Here's one clipping. I'll post the other one separately, so this doesn't get too long:
This clipping is dated Dec. 21, 1913 (name of newspaper unknown)
Headline: YOUR NAME WEBBER? MAYBE YOU’RE RICH
Is your name Webber? If it is you may be worth millions. Henry Loeffler, a young Australian lawyer, is searching the four corners of the earh for Webbers who are heirs to a $20,000,00[0] estate in Holland.
Here’s the story:
Over 200 years ago, Webber, “the Merchant Prince of Holland,” disinherited his daughter because she married below her station The fortune then amounted to $20,000,000 and was left by the eccentric merchant with a proviso that it be not divided among the heirs until the sixth generation. This was in 1675.
In the United States 490 heirs have been located, but it is necessary to establish 1100 heirships before the property can be divided.
Loeffler recently sailed from San Francisco for Java, where he will search for more heirs amongst the descendants of the first Holland settlers.
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