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

Isaac Kolb[1, 2, 3]

Male 1844 - 1907  (63 years)


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  • Name Isaac Kolb 
    Born 1 Jun 1844  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Painter 
    Eby ID Number 00068-4141 
    Died 22 Jul 1907  [6
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I14191  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Tobias Kolb,   b. 11 Aug 1810, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Bechtel,   b. 2 Apr 1815, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 21 Nov 1833  [10, 11, 12
    Family ID F3856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Detweiler,   b. 15 Jun 1851, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1914  (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
     1. Magdalena Kolb
     2. Benjamin Tobias Kolb,   b. 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Margaret Kolb,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F3861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Isaac Kolb, "was born June 1st, 1844. He is married to Rebecca Detweiler. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged in selling patent medicines. Their family consists of two 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 
    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..., 222.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    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..., 521.

    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..., 861.

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

    6. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Father / Isaac Kolb / born / June 1, 1844 / died / July 22, 1907 / peace be to thy slumber

    7. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 15.

    8. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 86.

    9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 23.

    10. [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.

    11. [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.

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Jun 1844 - 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 MapsOccupation - Painter - 1891 - 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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