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George Henry Kolb

Male 1857 - 1932  (74 years)


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  • Name George Henry Kolb  [1, 2
    Born 5 Nov 1857  Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Feb 1932  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • George took up homesteading across the road from his folks, but when his mother died, he sold the homestead to pay for her funeral.

      He worked in the area known as Harwick Pines.

      He was over six-and-a-half feet tall. Wife Annie was not quite five feet. It was said that when George died, the undertaker had a problem finding a large enough casket. It was rumored George's legs had to broken for him to fit.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, March 4, 1932
      Vol. 26, Number 47

      Pioneer Residents Called By Death Edw. Knoblet, Geo. Kolb and Geo. Parrott Have all Resided Here over 50 years

      Geo. H. Kolb

      Geo. H. Kolb passed away at Pleasant Home hospital at Cass City on Friday morning, Feb. 26, at the age of 74 years. Funeral services were conducted at the Evangelical church by Rev. C.E. Smith, on Sunday afternoon.

      Born Nov. 5, 1857, at Milwaukee, Wis., Mr. Kolb came to Michigan with his parents when he was 7 years of age. Except for 10 years residence at St. Johns, he lived in the vicinity of Cass City. In September, 1883, he was married to Anne Holmes Cleaver. To them nine children were born, three of whom prededed the father in death.

      Mr. Kolb is survived by his widow, five daughters, Mrs. Edith Ormes of St. Johns, Mrs. Iva Wisniewski and Mrs. Helen Markin, both of Detroit, Mrs. Elsie Brueggeman of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Bernice Kleinschmidt of Cass City; one son, Harold Kolb of Pontiac; two sisters, Mrs. A.J. Craw and Mrs. Rose Don, both of Caro; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. All the children were present at the funeral service.

      Kindness was a crowning virtue of the deceased and to the surviving family and his friends he will be remembered as a kind man.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
    Person ID I12707  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father George Anthony Kolb,   b. 7 Oct 1831, Wellingen, Notzingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1902, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Maria Catharina Benkelman,   b. 16 Aug 1831, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1854  Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Photos
    The Kolb and The Mark Sisters, Cass City, Michigan
    The Kolb and The Mark Sisters, Cass City, Michigan
    From the postcard collection of Lena Mark Schwegler of Cass City. She had labeled it "Kolb Sisters, Mark Sisters, Elsie Buehrly, Fred Buehrly and Clarence Kolb

    The Kolb's were children of George Kolb and Maria Katharina Benkelman. The Mark's sisters were daughters of Archie Mark and Emeline Striffler.


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    Family ID F1090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline Annabel "Annie" Holmes,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1951, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Sep 1883  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Myrtle Mable Kolb,   b. 19 Jun 1884, Almer Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1914, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     2. Laurel Catherine Kolb,   b. 21 Jan 1886, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1917, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     3. Edith Viola Kolb,   b. 28 Mar 1888, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1982, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     4. Iva May Kolb,   b. 9 Dec 1889, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1985, Harper Woods, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     5. Clarence Robert Kolb,   b. 1 Nov 1891, Olive Township, Clinton County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1927, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     6. Bernice Elvira Kolb,   b. 8 Apr 1893, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1966, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     7. Elsie L. Kolb,   b. 20 Jun 1895, DeWitt, Clinton County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1989, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     8. Helen Grace Kolb,   b. 5 Mar 1898, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1966, Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     9. Harold George Kolb,   b. 27 Jul 1904, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1995, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2007 
    Family ID F3087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Nov 1857 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Sep 1883 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Feb 1932 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 142 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, January 8, 1903, Page 1 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 140 (Reliability: 3).