Barbara Cressman

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• Name: Barbara Cressman
• Eby ID Number: 00028-2077
• Residence: 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Female Farmer

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Barbara Cressman, "the fourth in the family, was born July 8th, 1823. On April 13th, 1841, she was married to Samuel Cressman who was born March 30th, 1817, and died in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, Ontario, January 5th, 1870. They had a family of thirteen 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Barbara married Samuel S. Cressman 13 Apr 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samuel (son of John Cressman and Esther Wismer, son of Abraham Cressman and Mary Schneider) was born 30 Mar 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

1. Enos C. Cressman was born 23 Mar 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 1911; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
2. Anna C. Cressman was born 15 Feb 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1908; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Abraham C. Cressman was born 31 Jan 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1914; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Henry C. Cressman was born 17 Jun 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Esther C. Cressman was born 20 Jan 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Sep 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Samuel C. Cressman was born 9 Apr 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Ezra (?) Cressman was born 1851, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
8. John C. Cressman was born 24 Oct 1851, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1908, High River, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Mt. View Cemetery, High View, , Alberta.
9. Aaron C. Cressman was born 8 Apr 1854, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Sep 1913, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
10. Barbara Cressman was born 7 May 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Dec 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
11. Mary C. Cressman was born 26 Jan 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1917, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
12. Israel C. Cressman was born 2 Jan 1860, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
13. Menno C. Cressman was born 5 Nov 1861, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1953; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
14. Lucinda Cressman was born 29 Apr 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: Johnannes Cressman
• Eby ID Number: 00028-2066
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 115E, Waterloo County, Ontario

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John Cressman, "the eldest son of John and Anna (Schowalter) Cressman, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 15th, 1795. In 1807 he came to Canada with his parents and was raised near Freeport, Ontario. On October 3rd, 1818, he was married to Esther, daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Wismer) Wismer. She was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, January 12th, 1790, and died near New Dundee, Ontario, September 2nd, 1881. After their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by Philip Zeller, Jr., about a mile south of Breslau. Here he died June 30th, 1840. To them were born five 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.].

John married Esther Wismer 3 Oct 1818. Esther (daughter of Joseph Wismer and Barbara Wismer) was born 12 Jan 1790, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Sep 1881, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Esther Cressman
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8155
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• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Esther Wismer, "was born January 12th, 1790, and died September 2nd, 1881. She was married to John Cressman. The fourth daughter of Joseph and Barbara Wismer, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, January 12th, 1790. In 1818 she came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County. On October 3rd, 1818, she was married to John, son of John and Anna (Showalter)Cressman. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 15th, 1795, came to Canada with his parents in 1808 and settled in Waterloo County, a little below Freeport. After their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by the heirs of the late Jacob Zeller, about one mile south of Breslau. Here they resided until his death which took place June 30th, 1840. After his decease she continued farming until her youngest son, Henry, had attained the age of manhood, then the farm was sold and the mother made her home with her daughter, Barbara, who was married to Samuel Cressman, where she died September 2nd, 1881. Their family consisted of five 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.].

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CRESSMAN - Sept. 2nd, in Waterloo Co., Ont., Sister Esther Cressman, widow, at the advanced age of 91 years, 7 months and 20 days. During the last nine months she suffered greatly from a fall. Buried the 5th at Cressman's.


Herald of Truth - Volume XVIII, Number 10 - October 1881, Page 173, 174, 179, 180

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Was visiting her daughter Barbara at the time of the census.

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• Eby ID Number: 00028-2061
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• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario

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John Cressman, "son of Nicolaus Cressman, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1755. He was married to Anna Schowalter who was born April 4th, 1761, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 2nd, 1829. They with their family of seven children, moved to Canada in 1807, and settled in Waterloo County, near Freeport, Ontario, on the farm lately owned by Daniel B. Snyder. Here he died in 1818."


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.].

John — Anna Schowalter. Anna was born 4 Apr 1761, Of, Pennsylvania; died 2 Jul 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Cressman
• Eby ID Number: 00028-2061.1
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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8151

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Joseph Wismer, "son of Joseph Wismer, was born near Hilltown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 23rd, 1753, and died in Chester County, same state, August 20th, 1820. He was married to Barbara, daughter of Henry and Barbara (Lederach) Wismer. She was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 9th, 1766, and died January 28th, 1861. They had a family of ten children" "Most of the descendants of Elizabeth, Barbara, and Catherine are to be found in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, Pennsylvania. Very few, if any, have settled in Canada."


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.].

Joseph — Barbara Wismer. Barbara (daughter of Henry Wismer and Barbara Lederach) was born 9 Mar 1766, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jan 1861; was buried , Plains Mennonite Cemetery, Lansdale, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Wismer
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8151.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00028-2043.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8149.4

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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8149.5

Henry — Barbara Lederach. Barbara died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Wismer
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8151.3