Tobias Kolb^[1]

1810 - 1894  (83 years)

• Name	Tobias Kolb
  Born	11 Aug 1810	Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Historic Building	1826	1765 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Jacob Kolb contructed this house now demolished some time after 1981. It started out as a small log house, later a room the full length of the house was added and a new roof applied. Logs were covered with frame and the hold house was stuccoed. It was inherited by Tobias.
  Residence	1839	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Gentleman
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00068-4135
  Died	11 Apr 1894  [2, 13]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Person ID	I14166	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon Jacob Kolb, Sr.,   b. 17 Apr 1781, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Catharine Clemens,   b. 21 May 1782, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Jan 1869, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1805  [6, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F3847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Bechtel,   b. 2 Apr 1815, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1833  [2, 4, 6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Kolb,   b. 15 Aug 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Apr 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)   2. Catharine "Catherine" Kolb,   b. 18 Jun 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1864  (Age 27 years)   3. Henry B. Kolb,   b. 25 Mar 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 24 years)   4. Joseph B. Kolb,   b. 30 Aug 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1905  (Age 65 years)   5. Lydia Kolb,   b. 19 Feb 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1873  (Age 31 years)   6. Isaac Kolb,   b. 1 Jun 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jul 1907  (Age 63 years)   7. Hannah Kolb,   b. 27 Apr 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Apr 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)   8. Elias Kolb,   b. 20 Jul 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jul 1917, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Tobias Kolb, "was born August 11th, 1810. On November 21st, 1833, he was married to Magdalena Bechtel who was born April 2nd, 1815, and died September 11th, 1866. Soon after their marriage they moved on the old 'Kolb Farm' on the west side of the Grand River, opposite Breslau, Ontario. During the last years of his life he was totally blind, thus causing more or less anxiety to his children who took care of him. Even in his unfortunate state (blindness) he was happy and contented and was waiting for the Lord's appointed time to remove him from this world unto the Kingdom of Glory. He died April 11th, 1894. His family consisted of eight children" 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

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 586. [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..., 860. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 7. [S63] Book - A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp of Culp family and its branches in America : with biographical sketches of their descendants from the earliest available records from 1707 to the present time, including Dielman Kolb in Germany. [S197] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1881. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 15. Tobias KOLB Farmer USA 42 Mennonite b. 11-Aug Magdelena KOLB Canada 37 Mennonite b. 2-Apr Elisabeth KOLB Canada F. 18 Mennonite b. 15-Aug Katharina KOLB Canada F. 16 Mennonite b. 18-Jun Henry KOLB Canada F. 14 Mennonite b. 25-Mar Joseph KOLB Canada F. 13 Mennonite b. 30-Aug Lidia KOLB Canada F. 10 Mennonite b. 19-Feb Isaac KOLB Canada F. 8 Mennonite b. 1-Jun Hanah KOLB Canada F. 4 Mennonite b. 27-Apr Jacob KOLB Gentleman USA 71 Mennonite b. 18-Apr Katharina KOLB USA 70 Mennonite b. 21-May Michael MOOK Germany 36 Lutheran b. 8 Sept-Blind [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 21. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 86. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 3. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 31 Aug 1839:34. last Thurs. The family of Tobias Kolb of Waterloo Township was blessed with a son. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 15. [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..., 856. [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..., 626.

  
  

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  Historic Building - 1826 - 1765 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth