Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mary Ann Kolb[1, 2, 3]

Female 1848 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mary Ann Kolb 
    Born 22 Mar 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Ann Hoffman 
    Name Mary Ann Jacobs 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1873  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1919  Avondale, Osceola, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Eby ID Number 00068-4134 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I14158  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Abraham Kolb,   b. 13 Jun 1806, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ziegler,   b. 31 Dec 1811, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 3 Nov 1829  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Family ID F2753  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Abraham H. Jacobs,   b. 16 May 1850, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1872  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Oscar Jacobs,   b. 5 May 1874, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897  (Age 22 years)
     2. Wellington Kolb Jacobs,   b. 16 Mar 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Dora Jacobs,   b. 19 Jun 1878,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F3855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John G. Hoffman,   b. 3 Aug 1850, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 14 Nov 1882  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Ervine May Hoffman,   b. 12 May 1885,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ada Almeda Hoffman,   b. 26 Mar 1887,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Ann Kolb, "was born March 22nd, 1848. She was first married, December 25th, 1872, to Abram H. Jacobs who was born May 16th, 1850, and died October 27th, 1879. On November 14th, 1882, she was again married to John Hoffman, a farmer. They reside about one and a half miles east of Berlin. Her family consists of five children, namely: Oscar, born May 5th, 1874, Wellington, born March 16th, 1876, and Dora, born June 19th, 1878, of first husband, and Ervine May and Ada Almeda of second husband."



      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.].

  • 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..., 805.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Jan 1873.
      19 Jan 1873 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, Abraham H. Jacobs was married to Maria Anna Kolb, both of Waterloo.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12298-83.
      John Huffman, 32, Widower, occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Twp., res. Maryborough, son of Henry and Mary Hoffman, married Mary Ann Jacobs, 34, Widow, b. Waterloo Twp., res. same, daughter of Abraham and Eliza Kolb, Witness(s): Josiah and Mary Shantz of Maryborough Twp., 14 Nov 1882 at Waterloo Twp.

    4. [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..., 859.

    5. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 2.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 16.
      Marian KOLB Canada 4 Mennonite b. 22-Mar

    7. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 87.

    8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 17, 1919 - Obituary of Jacob Z. Kolb.

    9. [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.

    10. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Elizabeth Ziegler Vol. XXXIII, No. 3, February 1, 1896 Pages 46 and 47.

    11. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Mar 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1872 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1873 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Nov 1882 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1919 - Avondale, Osceola, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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