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FRED F. KOLB
Since 1904 a resident of San Joaquin
County, Fred F. Kolb was born in Saxony, Germany, September 21, 1855, the son
of T. and Auralia Kolb, both natives of Germany, who
came to the United States when Fred F. was a lad of fourteen, settling in
Webster County, Iowa, where they purchased eighty acres and engaged in
farming. There were eight children in
the family, of whom Fred is the sixth.
He received a good education in his native land, and after coming to
Iowa with his parents, remained with them until his marriage in the spring of
1877, when he was united with Miss Augusta Will, also a native of Saxony,
Germany, the daughter of Christian and Frederica Will. Her parents came to Iowa about the same time
as her husband’s parents and engaged in farming in the same vicinity. She was the third-born of four children. After his marriage, Mr. Kolb purchased a
quarter-section of land in Webster County, Iowa, and farmed it for thirty
years, and during that time was a supervisor in his township for many years and
also served on the local school board.
Eighteen years ago, the family came to California and purchased the
six-acre home place, which is devoted to table and wine grapes, irrigated by a
pumping plant. Mr. and Mrs. Kolb were
the parents of six children, five of whom are living: Herman resides in Iowa; Rose, Mrs. Kugesberg; and Anna, Mrs. Kirchhof,
of Iowa; Otto resides at Tracy; Leonard at home. Mr. Kolb and his wife belong to the Lodi
Lutheran Church.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1631. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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