Elias Kolb^[1]

1854 - 1917  (63 years)

• Name	Elias Kolb
  Born	20 Jul 1854	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1877	Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	mechanic
  Eby ID Number	00068-4143
  Died	26 Jul 1917	Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario   [6]
  Person ID	I14201	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Tobias Kolb,   b. 11 Aug 1810, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Apr 1894  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	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  [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F3856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Zant,   b. 27 Jun 1856, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1942, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1877	Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Children	1. John Henry Kolb,   b. 25 Jan 1878, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Josiah Kolb,   b. 24 May 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 79 years)   3. Arthur Kolb,   b. 16 Apr 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Annie Kolb,   b. 10 Aug 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Catharine May Kolb,   b. 20 Apr 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Hugh Kolb,   b. 9 Jun 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Viola Kolb,   b. 8 Jul 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elias Kolb, "was born July 20th, 1854. On December 30th, 1877, he was married to Rebecca Zant who was born June 27th, 1856. They reside near Port Elgin where he is engaged in farming. To them are born the following 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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. [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. [S387] Census - ON, Bruce, Saugeen - 1901, Saugeen H-2 Page 6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 1621-77. Elias KOLB, 23, mechanic, Waterloo, Saugeen, s/o Robin & Magdalena, married Rebecca ZANT, 21, Saugeen, same, d/o John & Cath, witn: John & Michael ZANT of Saugeen, 30 Dec 1877 at res of John ZANT Sr., Saugeen [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 12 Page 86. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48222291/elias-kolb. [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. [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. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jul 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - mechanic - 1877 - Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Dec 1877 - Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Jul 1917 - Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth