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

Mary Ann Abra

Female 1873 - 1944  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Ann Abra was born 20 Jan 1873, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Abra and Elizabeth Wismer); died 25 Sep 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Sep 1944, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Ann Ray
    • Name: Nancy Abra
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8239.15
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper, Store
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Tombstone Reads 1874

    Mary married David Young Ray 12 Jun 1912, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. David (son of James Gill Ray and Isabella Anderson) was born 20 Nov 1873, Whitevale, Durham, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1946, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Feb 1946, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Abra was born 6 Nov 1815, Swaffham, , Norfolk, England; died 20 Jul 1889, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262092412
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8239.1
    • Immigration: 1 Jul 1842, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Regular Baptist
    • Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Directory: 1884, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1889, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Death of a Well-Known Resident of North Dumfries

    There passed away suddenly on Saturday morning last, a well-known and respected resident of North Dumfries, Mr. Wm. Abra, sr. Mr. Abra got up apparently quite well on Saturday morning and took a walk out on the farm. Returning after a little while, he complained to his wife that he had fallen down and hurt his shoulder while out. Mrs. Abra got him a drink of water, and as he complained of his head being very hot, she bathed it with cold water. He then said he thought he would like to lay down and Mrs. Abra took him by the arm, and as he seemed feeble one of his daughters took him by the other arm and assisted him. He had scarcely passed into another room before he said he could go no further, and asked them to get him a pillow and he would lie down on the floor there. This was done and he was scarcely laid down before he became insensible, and in the course of a very short time, breathed his last. Medical aid hastily summoned finding the cause of his death to be extravasation of blood in the brain.

    Mr. Abra was English by birth, and came from near Swatham, in the County of Norfolk. He was born in 1815 and landed in Canada on the 1st of July, 1842. Making for a location in Upper Canada, he reached the neighborhood of Haysville, where he worked for four years, then marrying Miss Elizabeth Wismer, and the young couple purchased the farm on which they have since resided. Their family consisted of thirteen children, of whom ten are yet living , viz.:- Mrs. B. Wismer, of Waterloo, Miss Hannah, unmarried, Mr. Joseph Abra, farming about a mile north of Roseville, Mr. Moses Abra, farming near the old homestead, Mr. Wm. Abra, carpenter and builder, of Toronto, and Henry, Jacob, Julia, Lizzie and Mamie, the younger members of the family residing on the homestead.

    Galt Reporter Jul 26 1889 pg 1

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    In North Dumfries, at his residence, Lot No. 34, 12th Concession, on Saturday, July 20th, at 10 minutes to 1, a.m., Wm. Abra, Sr., aged 73 years, 8 months and 14 days.

    Galt Reporter Jul 26 1889 pg 1

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    Died, In North Dumfries, at his residence, Lot No. 34, 12th Concession, on Saturday, July 20th, at ten minutes to one, A.M., William Abra, Sr., Aged 73 Years, 8 Months and 14 Days. Funeral, Will take place from his late residence, on Monday, July 22nd, at half-past 9 o'clock, a.m., to Blair Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend North Dumfries, July 20th, 1889.

    Funeral Card

    William married Elizabeth Wismer 17 Feb 1846. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann "John" Wismer and Susannah Cressman) was born 13 Mar 1831, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Wismer was born 13 Mar 1831, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johann "John" Wismer and Susannah Cressman); died 10 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262092454
    • Name: Elizabeth Abra
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8239
    • Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Regular Baptist
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1903, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Wismer, "was born March 13th, 1831. On February 17th, 1846, she was married to William Abra. He was born in England, November 6th, 1815, and died near Blair, July 20th, 1889. Their family consisted of fourteen 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.].

    Children:
    1. Deanna Abra was born 1846, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1903, Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, USA.
    2. John Abra was born 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Hannah Abra was born 12 May 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1903, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Joseph Abra was born 24 Nov 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1927, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Moses Abra was born 6 Sep 1850, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 May 1939, RR1 Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Susannah Abra was born CALC 6 Dec 1853, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jan 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. John Abra was born 19 Feb 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1858; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Dianah Abra was born 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. William W. Abra was born 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1941, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Elizabeth Young Abra was born 13 Jan 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1861; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Henry Young "Harry" Abra was born 31 Mar 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jul 1949; was buried , Etoimamie Valley Cemetery, Hinchliffe, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    12. Elisabeth Young "Lizzie" Abra, II was born 26 Aug 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1950; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Julia Ann Abra was born 26 Mar 1867, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1953, Invermay, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    14. Jacob Finch Abra was born 9 Mar 1870, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
    15. 1. Mary Ann Abra was born 20 Jan 1873, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Sep 1944, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    16. Mamie Abra was born 20 Jan 1875, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    17. Ida Abra was born 1882, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    18. Amsa Abra was born 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Johann "John" Wismer was born 2 Apr 1799, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania (son of Joseph Wismer and Hannah Fried); died 23 Jul 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153600819
    • Name: John Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8234
    • Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Wismer, "was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799. He was married, in 1822, to Susannah Cressman who was born in 1801. The resided near Blair where he was engaged in farming. He died July 23rd, 1890, and she died in September, 1838. Their family consisted of nine 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.].

    Residence:
    Lived besides his daughter and son Joseph

    Johann married Susannah Cressman 1822. Susannah (daughter of Jacob Cressman and Elizabeth Longennecker) was born 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Susannah Cressman was born 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Jacob Cressman and Elizabeth Longennecker); died 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153600865
    • Name: Susannah Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2046

    Notes:

    Susannah Cressman, "was born in 1801. She was married to John Wismer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 23rd, 1890. She died in 1838. To them was born a family of nine 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.].

    Children:
    1. Wismer
    2. Jacob Wismer was born 23 Feb 1823, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1899, Tilden Township, Osborne Co., Kansas; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bloomington, Osborne, Kansas, United States.
    3. Hannah Wismer was born 23 May 1825, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Abraham Wismer was born 29 Mar 1828, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1861, West Williams Twp, Middlesex Co., Ontario; was buried , Sylvan United Cemetery, West Williams Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    5. Joseph Cressman Wismer was born 20 Apr 1829, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Aug 1914, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Elizabeth Wismer was born 13 Mar 1831, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Susannah Wismer was born 16 Aug 1833, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 May 1922, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Cutlerville, Kent, Michigan, United States.
    8. John C. Wismer was born 11 Aug 1835, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1930; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Henry Wismer was born 10 Jul 1837, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1925; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    10. Julia Esther Wismer was born 18 Mar 1840, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Joseph Wismer was born 1 Apr 1765, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania (son of Henry Wismer and Barbara Lederach); died 29 Nov 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8208
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Joseph Wismer, "son of Henry and Barbara (Lederach) Wismer, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 1st, 1765. He was married to Hannah Fried who was born November 1st, 1760, and died June 6th, 1830. In 1800 they emigrated to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Blair, where they resided until their deaths. He died November 29th, 1834. Their family consisted of seven 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.].

    Joseph — Hannah Fried. Hannah was born 1 Nov 1760, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Hannah Fried was born 1 Nov 1760, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Hannah Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8208.1

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Wismer was born , of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Henry Wismer was born 20 Dec 1789, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Feb 1854, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Barbara Wismer was born 1792, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Aug 1834, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Catherine Wismer was born 11 Apr 1794, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Nov 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Jacob Wismer was born 1 Jun 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 3 Feb 1875, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
    6. 6. Johann "John" Wismer was born 2 Apr 1799, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Jul 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Jacob Cressman was born 6 Mar 1774, , Limerick Co., Pennsylvania (son of Nicolaus Cressman); died 8 Jul 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilhelm Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243443589
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2045

    Notes:

    Jacob Cressman, "was born in Limerick County, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1774. He was married to Elizabeth Longenecker who was born August 10th, 1778, and died May 3rd, 1858. They resided in Wilmot Township near the Schmidt Mennonite Meeting House, where he died July 8th, 1833. His family consisted of seven children, (Maybe there were more in family)"


    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 — Elizabeth Longennecker. Elizabeth was born 10 Aug 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 3 May 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilhelm Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Elizabeth Longennecker was born 10 Aug 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 3 May 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilhelm Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243443709
    • Name: Elisabeth Langenäcker
    • Name: Elizabeth Cressman
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2045.1
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 7. Susannah Cressman was born 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Cressman was born 25 Nov 1804, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 17 Jul 1873; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Amos Cressman was born 22 Sep 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jul 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Nicholas Cressman was born 3 Feb 1809, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 Feb 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Lilian Cressman was born 1811, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Julia Cressman was born 1813, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Bef 1895, Amulree, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario.
    7. Esther Cressman was born 5 Nov 1816, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Oct 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Elizabeth Cressman was born 29 Jul 1818, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Jan 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.