Elias B. Kolb^{[1, 2]}

1865 - 1948  (83 years)

• Name	Elias B. Kolb
  Born	3 Mar 1865	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	00068-4122
  Died	8 Jul 1948	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 10]
  	Cause: stroke
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I14131	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Betzner,   b. 5 Sep 1865, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1891  [14]
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Kolb,   b. 11 Aug 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F2673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  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.

  
  

• 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________________________________ 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

  [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. [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. [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. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 10. [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 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 24, 1948. Obituary of Elias B. Kolb [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 20. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 2. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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. [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 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 15, 1921 - Obituary of Maria Bowman Kolb. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 7, 1937. Obituary of Lucinda Betzner

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Mar 1865 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: stroke - 8 Jul 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth