Earl William Kolb

Male25 December 1894–November 1977

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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Earl William Kolb
1894–1977
Mary Henrietta Podoll
1895–1984
Marriage: 30 June 1921

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

  • Marriage
    30 June 1921Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

    Age 13

    The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 22

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    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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