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KOLB Family


According to my family records my oldest known ancestor from Skalica was:
A1) Ignatz (Yitzchak) KOLB, who was born in approximately 1800
    (perhaps in Skalica) and lived to the age of 104.  He was buried in the cemetery in Skalica. 
B1) His son, Albert KOLB (birth records indicate his name was Adolf)
    was born around 1835 (probably in Skalica) and married Julie SPITZ around 1860.  They had several children - 


C1) Karl, born November 25, 1866 in Skalica, d. June 13, 1933 in Vienna, married Theresa POLLATSCHEK v. 1/24/1870, died 2/4/1921. 
    He moved to Gaweinstal and other Parts of lower Austria and had 5 children, two of whom survived the holocaust and emigrated to the U.S. 

C2) Max, born December 1, 1868 in Skalica,

C3) Dorothea October 16, 1880, died April 18, 1938 married Ignatz DRILL, b. 1884, d. 1940. 
    They lived in Laa, Austria and had one son, Albert, b.8/28/1904, d. 10/18/1932. 

C4) Julius b. 1870 (died 1879 of a Diptheria epidemic), buried in Pirawarth.
C5) Netty , b. about 1855, d. 1925 married Heinrich SCHONFELD, b. about 1860, d.1920 of cancer.  They had two Children:
   D1C5) Bernhard (emigrated to Argentina) and
   D2C5) Max who was a victim of the holocaust along with his wife and two children. 

C6) Adolf b. about 1870, d. 1910 in Angern, Austria, married Bertha.  They had two children:
   D1C6) Steffy, b. 1902 and
   D1C6) Elsa, b. 1903. 
   Steffy and Bertha perished in the holocaust, while Elsa survived and emigrated to England.

According to my records the diphtheria epidemic of 1879 forced the opening of a new cemetary in Pirawarth, due to the filling of the Skalica cemetery.


That is pretty much all I have, though I now suspect that the numerous other KOLBS (records in the Skalica BMD)
are probably related to other children of Ignatz', though I have been unable to connect them to my family. 


Please let me know if you have any questions. 


Ben Tysch


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Compiled by Yohanan Loeffler, December 2014

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