Brief Life History of Earl William
When Earl William Kolb was born on 25 December 1894, in Winnebago, Oshkosh Town, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Frederick Kolb, was 31 and his mother, Jennie Ione Foote, was 32. He married Mary Henrietta Podoll on 30 June 1921, in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States. He lived in Nepeuskun, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States for about 30 years and Rush Lake, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. He died in November 1977, at the age of 82.
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Sources (8)
- Earl W Kolb na família de William F Kolb, “United States Census, 1920”
- Earle William Kolb, “United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942”
- William Kolb, “United States Social Security Death Index”
Spouse and Children
1894–1977 Male
1895–1984 Female
Parents and Siblings
1863–1931 Male
1862–1919 Female
Siblings (2)
1894–1977 Male
1900–1990 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
Age 13
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 22
Name Meaning
German: nickname from Middle High German kolbe ‘mace’ or ‘cudgel’, which was both a weapon and part of an official's insignia, in some cases the insignia of a jester; or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named with this word. In Silesia the term denoted a shock of hair or a shorn head. Compare Kulp .
History: Dielman Kolb (1691–1756), a Mennonite preacher who arrived in America in 1717 and assisted Swiss and German emigration to America, was born in the Palatinate, Germany, and migrated to PA, following two of his brothers (Martin, John, and Jacob, who came to PA in 1707, and Henry, who came in 1709) who were also Mennonite preachers. Some of the family, which is probably of ultimate Swiss origin, settled in Germantown, PA. Among the Mennonites in the US the name Kolb is also commonly found in the altered forms Kulp and Culp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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