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

Family: Levi Cressman / Leah Schmitt (F33)

m. 11 Mar 1884


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  • Father | Male
    Levi Cressman

    Born  1 Oct 1858  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Sep 1894  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  11 Mar 1884  [1, 2]  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham S. Cressman | F29 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah Schneider | F29 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Leah Schmitt

    Born  10 Apr 1859  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Oct 1928  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Becker Schmitt | F1643 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Hallman | F1643 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Edna Cressman

    Born  22 May 1885  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Jul 1980  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Sadie May Cressman

    Born  30 Jul 1887  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Oct 1925  , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    West Zion Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Joseph Steckley | F34707 
    Married     

    Child 3 | Female
    Effie Magdalena Cressman

    Born  22 Nov 1889  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Jan 1981  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Zenas C. Snyder | F27956 
    Married  5 Feb 1919  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    John Arthur Cressman

    Born  27 Apr 1892  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Feb 1984  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Dora C. Schisler | F5908 
    Married  26 Feb 1920   

    Child 5 | Male
    Ervin S. Cressman

    Born  2 Nov 1893  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Dec 1968   
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Jemima Clemmer | F6391 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 498.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Mar. 13 1884.
      Mar. 11 1884 Levi Kressmann of Blenheim & Leah Schmidt of Wilmot, were married in Preston by Pastor Wuster.