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

Lydia Kolb[1, 2]

Female 1842 - 1873  (31 years)


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  • Name Lydia Kolb 
    Born 19 Feb 1842  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Otterbein 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1862  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Eby ID Number 00068-4140 
    Died 22 May 1873  [3, 4
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I14182  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Tobias Kolb,   b. 11 Aug 1810, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1894  (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 Henry M. Otterbein,   b. 11 Feb 1838, Queck, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 6 May 1862  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 9
    Children 
     1. Magdalena Otterbein,   b. 25 Jul 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1940, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Noah K. Otterbein,   b. 2 Jul 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1940, Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Ellen Otterbein,   b. 19 Aug 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950  (Age 82 years)
     4. Levi Otterbein,   b. 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Amanda Otterbein,   b. 4 Feb 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1958, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     6. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Otterbein,   b. 28 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1924, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3860  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Kolb, "was born February 19th, 1842. On May 6th, 1862, she was married to Henry Otterbein who died in Berlin, February 1st, 1883. She died May 22nd, 1873, leaving a family of six 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. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012068-94.
      Norman Stauffer, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Benjamin Stauffer and Mary Betzner married Elizabeth Otterbein, 22, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Henry Otterbein and Lydia Kolb, Witn Titus Kolb of Waterloo Twp and Elizabeth Betzner, 17 October 1894 in Waterloo Twp.

    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..., 861.

    4. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    5. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Henry Otterbein aged 24 res. Waterloo Twp born Waterloo Twp son of Valt. Otterbein and Elisabeth Hermann married 6 May 1862 to Lydia Kolb aged 19 res Waterloo Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of Tobias Kolb and Magdalena Bechtel.

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

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

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

    9. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Henry Otterbein, 24, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Valentine and Elizabeth (Herman), married 6 May 1862 Lydia Kolb, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Tobias and Magdalene (Bechtel)

    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 - 19 Feb 1842 - 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 MapsResidence - 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 May 1862 - Waterloo Twp., 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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