Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Nelson Hoffman

Male 1878 - 1969  (90 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Nelson Hoffman was born 19 Feb 1878, , Ontario, Canada (son of John R. Hoffman and Lovina Wagner); died 1969; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-192850
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher, Furniture Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1946, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Nelson — Christina Urstadt. Christina (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Urstadt and Wilhelmina "Mina" Strassburger) was born 30 Oct 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1968; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Carl Hoffman was born Jul 1909, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Crosetti Hoffman was born Dec 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John R. Hoffman was born 10 Sep 1856, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jul 1936, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crispin Cemetery, Brant Twp., Grey Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-118351

    John — Lovina Wagner. Lovina (daughter of Anthony Wagner and Elizabeth Cress) was born 12 Sep 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crispin Cemetery, Brant Twp., Grey Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lovina Wagner was born 12 Sep 1858, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Anthony Wagner and Elizabeth Cress); died 15 Jun 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crispin Cemetery, Brant Twp., Grey Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lovina Hoffman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70112

    Notes:

    Mrs. John Hoffman Passes is at Kitchener

    Mrs. John Hoffman passed at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital last Saturday, following a brief illness in her eighty-ninth year.

    Deceased was a daughter Lovina, of the late Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wagner of Wellesley,, Ont. and following her marriage to Mr. John Hoffman, spent many years of her life in Hanover, prior to moving to Kitchener, where her husband predeceased her in 1936.

    Surviving are two sons Nelson. of Waterloo and Walter of Hanover and two daughters, Mrs. Ida Urstadt and Miss Melvina, both of Kitchener, also a brother, Nelson, of Hanover; and three sisters. Mrs. Susannah Nahrgang, Vancouver Mrs. Lucinda Grasser of Southampton and Mrs. Minnie Moyer St. Catharines Thirteen grand children and five great-grandchildren also survive.

    The funeral was held on Tuesday, with service at Kitchener, after Which the remains were brought to Hanover for interment. Rev. E. E. Hallman, pastor of Zion Evangelical Church. Kitchener, conducted the services.

    Hanover Post Thurs, 20 Jun 1946 pg 1

    Children:
    1. Walter Hoffman
    2. Melvina Hoffman
    3. 1. Nelson Hoffman was born 19 Feb 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Ida Elizabeth Hoffman was born 5 Dec 1880, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Anthony Wagner was born Abt 1835, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00027-2036.1
    • Occupation: 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; blacksmith

    Anthony married Elizabeth Cress 3 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Cress and Magdalena Eby) was born CALC 27 Feb 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1916, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth Cress was born CALC 27 Feb 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Cress and Magdalena Eby); died 24 Mar 1916, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Wagner
    • Eby ID Number: 00027-2036
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Cress, "was born in 1837. She is married to Anthony Wagner, a blacksmith and carriage-ironer. They reside in Hanover, Ontario, where he is at present engaged with The Knechtel Furniture Company. Mr. Wagner's family consists of several children, all grown."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. 3. Lovina Wagner was born 12 Sep 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crispin Cemetery, Brant Twp., Grey Co., Ontario.
    2. Susanna Wagner was born 1861, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Albert Edward Wagner was born 1869, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. David Nelson Wagner was born 1872, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Jacob Cress was born 1806, , USA (son of Simon Cress and Catharine); died , South Of St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00027-2031
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist

    Notes:

    Jacob Cress, "the youngest in family, was married to Magdalena Eby who was born in November 1813 and died January 30th 1883. They resided on the farm now owned by the heirs of the late Absalom Martin, a little south of St. Jacobs, Ontario, where he died. Their family consisted of eleven children".


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Jacob — Magdalena Eby. Magdalena (daughter of George S. Eby and Barbara Wenger) was born Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1883. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Magdalena Eby was born Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of George S. Eby and Barbara Wenger); died 30 Jan 1883.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena Cress
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2742
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist

    Notes:

    Magdalena Eby, "the second daughter of George and Barbara (Wenger) Eby, was born in November, 1813, and died January 30th, 1883. Her husband's name was Jacob Cress."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].



    At the end of her life Magdalena lived with her son in law John D. David (1881 Census Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario)

    Children:
    1. Barbara Cress was born 15 Dec 1830, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1910, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Cress was born Abt 1832, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Henry Cress was born 21 Aug 1833, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Peter Cress was born 21 Sep 1835, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1910, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 7. Elizabeth Cress was born CALC 27 Feb 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1916, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.
    6. Susannah Cress was born 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1923; was buried , Lake View Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    7. David Cress was born Abt 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. William Cress was born CA 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Veronica "Fanny" Cress was born 2 Aug 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jul 1918, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario.
    10. Nancy Cress was born 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. George Cress was born 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.