1839 - 1921 (81 years)
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Name |
Maria Bowman |
Born |
8 Dec 1839 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] |
Gender |
Female |
Name |
Maria Kolb |
Residence |
1857 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [12] |
Residence |
1881 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [9] |
Mennonite |
Residence |
1891 |
Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [11] |
Mennonite |
Residence |
1911 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [10] |
Mennonite |
Eby ID Number |
00002-281 |
Died |
17 May 1921 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7, 8] |
Cause: four paralytic strokes |
Buried |
First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [13] |
Person ID |
I7563 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
26 Feb 2024 |
Father |
Elias B. Bauman, b. 4 May 1809, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania , d. 21 Aug 1875, , Kent Co., Michigan (Age 66 years) |
Mother |
Maria "Mary" Clemens, b. 12 Jul 1811, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania , d. 28 May 1886, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan (Age 74 years) |
Married |
1829 |
, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [14, 15] |
Family ID |
F2033 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Deacon Jacob Ziegler Kolb, b. 12 Apr 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 3 Jun 1919 (Age 87 years) |
Married |
5 Jul 1857 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2, 8, 11, 12] |
Children |
| 1. Leah B. Kolb, b. 25 Jul 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Dec 1927, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) |
| 2. Abraham Bowman Kolb, b. 10 Nov 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 Mar 1925 (Age 62 years) |
| 3. Elias B. Kolb, b. 3 Mar 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Jul 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) |
| 4. Polly Kolb, b. 28 Mar 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 May 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| 5. Simon Kolb, b. 4 Oct 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 May 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 years) |
| 6. Aaron Clemens Kolb, b. 7 Dec 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 May 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years) |
| 7. Titus L. Kolb, b. 7 Nov 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Oct 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) |
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Last Modified |
2 Mar 2024 |
Family ID |
F2282 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Maria Bowman, "the second daughter of Elias Bowman, was born December 8th, 1839. She is married to Jacob Z. Kolb, a a farmer. They reside two miles east of Berlin, Ontario. They have had a family of seven 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.].
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Kolb.-Maria Bowman Kolb, second daughter and sixth child of the late Elias and Polly (Clemens) Bowman, was born near Breslau, Ontario, on the old Bowman homestead now occupied by Simon Baer, on Dec. 8, 1839; died at her home now occupied by her youngest son Titus, near Kitchener, Ont., May 17, 1921. Of a family of fourteen children, she was the last survivor, and had also reached the highest age, having attained the ripe age of 81 y. 5 m. 7 d. She united with the Mennonite Church in her early years, and was a faithful member until death. On July 5, 1857, she was married to Jacob Ziegler Kolb, who for forty-five years was deacon in the Mennonite Church at Kitchener and Breslau, and who predeceased her on June 3, 1919, at the ripe age of over 87 years, thus having enjoyed with him over 63 years of married life. Of their seven children, five survive, Polly and Simon having died when but four and two years old respectively. Those living are Leah (Mrs. Moses B. Betzner), Abram B., Elias B., Aaron C., and Titus L. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 69 nieces and nephews. During all her busy life she was a devoted follower of the Lord, and a loyal companion and helpmeet to her husband whose activities in his office as deacon, and organizer and superintendent of a number of Sunday schools in Waterloo county, are well remembered by a host of friends. Her help and counsel in her husband's Church work were of inestimable value to him, and her pleasant manner and winsome ways endeared her to all with whom she came into contact. She always exercised a particularly charitable spirit toward those who had in some way met with misfortune, and in addition to her own family she also reared five other children, John Ziegler, Fanny Beasley Pender, Allie Stengel, George Wenger, and John Carey; besides providing a home for her aged Uncle, Abraham Clemens, and a friendless man, Karl Rose, who lost his family shortly after arriving from Germany. Her sympathetic ministrations will be remembered by many throughout the neighborhood in which she lived so long, because, like Dorcas of old, of the "good works which she did," these being but the spontaneous outpouring of a heart which overflowed with compassion and beneficence. Though in frail health for some years prior to her last illness, having suffered from no less than four paralytic strokes, she retained her mental faculties to a remarkable degree for one of her age, and corresponded with her absent children regularly until within about a month of her death. She was laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining the First Mennonite Church of Kitchener. The large church was crowded to capacity by the many friends who came to pay a last tribute of respect to an old mother in Israel who had befriended so many during her active years. Funeral services were conducted by Oscar Burkholder, assisted at the home by M. H. Shantz, and at the church by U. K. Weber. Text, Gal. 1: 9, 10, supported by Psa. 37: 3, 27; Matt. 6: 35; I Thes. 5: 15. Mother Kolb was very fond of singing, a gift enjoyed also by her husband, and transmitted to their children. Her favorite hymn, "Oh, sing to me of Heaven," which she had marked in her hymnal with the request that it be sung at her funeral, together with "Hark! From the Tomb a Doleful Sound," "Shall We Meet?" "Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break," "We Are Going Down the Valley," and others, were used at the funeral services.
Gospel Herald - Volume XIV, Number 24 - September 15, 1921
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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..., 249.
- [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.
- [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.
- [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 10.
- [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 6.
- [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 79.
- [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
Jacob Z. Kolb (Deacon) / April 12, 1832 / June 3, 1919 / Maria Bowman / his wife / Dec. 8, 1839 / May 17, 1921 / waiting / Kolb
- [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 15, 1921 - Obituary of Maria Bowman Kolb.
- [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 20.
- [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 5.
- [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 2.
- [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
- [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..., 112.
- [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Maria Clemens Vol. XXIII, Number 13, July 1, 1886, page 205.
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| Born - 8 Dec 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Married - 5 Jul 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died - Cause: four paralytic strokes - 17 May 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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