Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Elias B. Kolb

Elias B. Kolb[1, 2]

Male 1865 - 1948  (83 years)

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  • Photos
    Betzner, Lucinda 1865-1937 with family.jpg
    Betzner, Lucinda 1865-1937 with family.jpg
    L-R: Lucinda Kolb, Elias Kolb, Elmeda Kolb, Mary Kolb, Aaron C. Kolb, Phoebe Kolb. Photo from about 1920.

  • Name Elias B. Kolb 
    Born 3 Mar 1865  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00068-4122 
    Died 8 Jul 1948  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10
    Cause: stroke 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I14131  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Deacon Jacob Ziegler Kolb,   b. 12 Apr 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1919  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Maria Bowman,   b. 8 Dec 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1857  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11, 12, 13
    Family ID F2282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucinda Betzner,   b. 5 Sep 1865, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1 Oct 1891  [14
    Children 
     1. Mary Elizabeth Kolb,   b. 11 Aug 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F2673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elias B. Kolb, "was born March 3rd, 1865. He is married to Lucinda Betzner and resides on his father's farm about two miles east of Berlin where he is engaged in farming. They have no family."



      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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      Kolb - Elias Bowman, son of the late Jacob and Maria (Bowman) Kolb, was born near Berlin, Ont., March 3, 1865; died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, July 8, 1948; aged 83 y. 4 m. 5 d. Death resulted a few days after a stroke. At the age of sixteen he was baptized and received into fellowship of the Mennonite Church at Berlin and later into the First Mennonite Church at Kitchener, where he remained a member until death. In 1891 he was married to Lucinda Betzner. In 1908 they moved to Herbert, Sask., in which vicinity they lived for eighteen years, returning to Kitchener in 1925. They finally retired to the home of their daughter (Mrs. C. F. Derstine), where Sister Kolb died in September, 1937. Two sisters and 3 brothers (Leah - Mrs. Moses B. Betzner, Maria, Abram, Simon, and Aaron) also predeceased him. Surviving are one daughter (Mary - Mrs. C. F. Derstine), 7 grandchildren, and one brother (Titus, of Kitchener). He ws a man of exemplary Christian character, widely known and much loved by his family and the Christian brotherhood. Funeral services were held at the home and at the First Mennonite Church, July 11, in charge of Oscar Burkholder and S. F. Coffman, assisted by Merle Shantz. Tributes were given by C. F. Derstine and by the grandson, Clayton Derstine. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.


      Gospel Herald, August 24, 1948

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 246.

    2. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 115.

    3. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 858.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 10.

    5. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Kolb / in loving memory of / Elias B. Kolb / born March 3, 1865 / died July 8, 1948 / his beloved wife / Lucinda Betzner / born Sept.5, 1865 / died Sept.18, 1937 / The Lord is my shepherd

    6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 24, 1948.
      Obituary of Elias B. Kolb

    7. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 6.

    8. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 20.

    9. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 2.

    10. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    11. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 857.

    12. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob Kolb, farmer of Waterloo Twp, married 5 Jul 1857 in Waterloo Twp by banns to Maria Baumann of Waterloo Twp. wit: Samuel Betzner & Lea Baumann

    13. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 15, 1921 - Obituary of Maria Bowman Kolb.

    14. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 7, 1937.
      Obituary of Lucinda Betzner

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Mar 1865 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: stroke - 8 Jul 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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