William Frederick "Captain" Kolbe

1863 - 1944  (81 years)

• Name	William Frederick "Captain" Kolbe
  Born	27 Mar 1863	Black River Township, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Sep 1944	Port Dover, Ontario
  Buried	Port Dover Cemetery
  Person ID	I17760	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014

  
  

  Family	Caroline Bechtel,   b. 8 Aug 1865,   d. 31 Dec 1952  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1890
  Children	1. Arthur William Kolbe,   b. 13 Jan 1891,   d. 30 Oct 1895  (Age 4 years)  [Natural]   2. Irvin Henry Kolbe,   b. 4 Apr 1892,   d. 23 Jan 1978  (Age 85 years)  [Natural]   3. Edna Catherine Kolbe,   b. 20 Oct 1893,   d. 4 Jun 1980  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]   4. Louis William Kolbe,   b. 16 May 1895,   d. 6 Nov 1991  (Age 96 years)  [Natural]   5. Catherine Barbara Kolbe,   b. 10 Oct 1896,   d. 18 Apr 1926  (Age 29 years)  [Natural]   6. Carl Frederick Kolbe,   b. 21 Mar 1898,   d. 16 May 1962  (Age 64 years)  [Natural]   7. Robert Edward Kolbe,   b. 17 Feb 1900,   d. 24 Mar 1997  (Age 97 years)  [Natural]   8. Mildred Mary Kolbe,   b. 18 Sep 1903,   d. 8 Aug 1976  (Age 72 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F7017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "The Captain and His Crew" June 11, 2002 Port Dover Harbour Museum presents summer exhibit on legendary fishing families Sunday, June 16 will mark the grand opening of "The Captain and His Crew," a special summer exhibit celebrating the legacy of William F. "Cap" Kolbe, who moved his fishing business from Erie to Port Dover in 1911 and whose family story parallels both the rise and decline of the Lake Erie fishing industry most of the twentieth century. Captain Kolbe and his sons Louis, Carl and Robert pioneered technologies and methods of operation that changed the way Ontarians caught, processed and sold fish from the Great Lakes. The new exhibit will occupy the Harbour Museum's Dover gallery and features a large collection of photographs and other images from 1911 to the 1970s, as well as Kolbe artifacts, a Kolbe fish tub "family tree" and on video, a selection of remarkable vintage film footage. The historic films include colour 16mm home movies made by Louis Kolbe showing trap netting and gill netting in 1951. They also feature some nostalgic views of the beach and pier areas and of the old Kolbe plant and docks. Also to be shown in the exhibit is a recently unearthed television newsreel film showing the rescue of the crew of the grounded Kolbe fish tug Ciscoe at Clear Creek in March 1955. Opening ceremonies for the exhibit and a public reception will take place at the Port Dover Harbour Museum, 44 Harbour St. on Sunday, June 16 at 2 pm. The exhibit will remain on display at the museum until the end of 2002. For further information call the museum at 583 2660 From Kerry Wamsley, Harbour Museum - This whole area was swamp (between Harbour Street and the Lynn River). The Kolbe family came here in 1911 and fished out of Port Dover and owned the fish plant were Misner's is, later they built their new plant where Harry Gamble's shipyard is. Captain Kolbe used to stand on the dock and wait till all the boats were safely in to port. The story is that he was sitting at the Norfolk when someone told him that house was for sale and he went over and bought it just like that and moved his family here from Erie.