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

Family: John Cressman / Esther Wismer (F3935)

m. 3 Oct 1818


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  • Father | Male
    John Cressman

    Born  15 May 1795  , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jun 1840  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  3 Oct 1818  [1]   
    Father  John Cressman | F5352 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anna Schowalter | F5352 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Esther Wismer

    Born  12 Jan 1790  , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Sep 1881  Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Joseph Wismer | F3929 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Barbara Wismer | F3929 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Samuel S. Cressman

    Born  30 Mar 1817  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Jan 1870  Wilmot Twp., 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
    Spouse  Barbara Cressman | F5358 
    Married  13 Apr 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Joseph Cressman

    Born  4 Aug 1819  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Jan 1888  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Veronica "Fanny" Shantz | F4970 
    Married  11 May 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Anna Cressman

    Born  18 Nov 1820  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Jan 1908   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Eli C. Shantz, Sr. | F4903 
    Married  5 May 1840  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    John Cressman

    Born  23 Dec 1821  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jan 1845  Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Catharine Schiedel | F1102 
    Married  12 Nov 1844  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Barbara Cressman

    Born  8 Jul 1823  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 May 1896  Wilmot Twp., 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
    Spouse  Samuel S. Cressman | F5358 
    Married  13 Apr 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Henry Cressman

    Born  27 Feb 1825  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Mar 1906  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah Woolner | F14081 
    Married  4 Mar 1851  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah | F231370 
    Married     
    Spouse  Sarah Woolner | F249909 
    Married  Mar 1851   

  • 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..., 477.