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Laurel Catherine Kolb

Female 1886 - 1917  (31 years)


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  • Name Laurel Catherine Kolb  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 21 Jan 1886  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Jul 1917  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, August 3, 1917

      Mrs. Fred Wright
      Sudden Death Leaves Four Small Children Motherless

      The community was shocked and pained to hear Tuesday of the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Fred E. Wright at her home on West St. that morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wright welcomed a little son into their home on July 22 and the mother was gaining strength and until early Tuesday morning her condition was most favorable. Death was due to apoplexy of the heart.

      Laurel Catherine Kolb was born in Indianfields township January 21, 1886. At the age of foru years she with her parents, moved to St. Johns. In 1900 they moved to a farm in Cass City.

      On August 10, 1904 she was united in marriage to Frederick E. Wright. They resided on a farm near Cass City until last November when they moved to Cass City. To this union four children were born: Morley, Charles, Maurice and Eldred. The latter was but nine days old at the time of his mother's death.

      The funeral was held Thursday morning at the home on West street. Rev. John Willerton of Greenleaf Baptist church, which Mrs. Wright attended, officiated. The burial was in Elkland cemetery.

      Besides her husband and family, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kolb, two brothers, Clarence and Harold, and five sisters, Misses Iva, Bernice and Elsie, all of Cass City, Mrs. Leon ORMES of St. Johns and Miss Helen KOLB of Lansing.

      Friends and relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Leon Ormes of St. Johns, Mrs. John WAGNER of Mayville, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. WRIGHT and family, Mrs. Minnie McCONNELL amd family, Mrs. Emma FORREN and Mrs. Geo. CALDWELL, all of Detroit.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
    Person ID I6010  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father George Henry Kolb,   b. 5 Nov 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1932, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Caroline Annabel "Annie" Holmes,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1951, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1883  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F3087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frederic Eldred Wright,   b. 24 Nov 1877, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1923, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 10 Aug 1904  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Morley Jonathon Wright,   b. 16 Jul 1905, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1978, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Charles Alfred Wright,   b. 23 Apr 1909, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1958, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     3. Maurice Weston Wright,   b. 8 Apr 1911, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1992, Ocala, Marion County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Ferris Eldred Wright,   b. 22 Jul 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1982, Greenbush, Alcona County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F2658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jan 1886 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Aug 1904 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Jul 1917 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - 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. [S1205] Wright, Janet Klinkman-Family Researcher (jkwright@tband.net) "Descendants of Frederick Eldred Wright,; dated 13 June 2011".

    3. [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).