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

Family: Joseph Cressman / Veronica "Fanny" Shantz (F4970)

m. 11 May 1841


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  • Father | 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
    Married  11 May 1841  [1, 2, 3, 4]  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3, 4] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Cressman | F3935 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Esther Wismer | F3935 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Veronica "Fanny" Shantz

    Born  27 Oct 1819  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Sep 1893  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  10 Sep 1893  Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Isaac Shantz | F4138 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Esther Bechtel | F4138 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Barbara Cressman

    Born  2 Apr 1842  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Nov 1919  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

    Child 2 | Male
    Isaac Cressman

    Born  9 Jun 1844  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Aug 1847  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

    Child 3 | Female
    Magdalena Cressman

    Born  16 Jun 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Jul 1936  Kitchener, 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  Jacob W. Shantz | F4995 
    Married  19 Jan 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Lydia Cressman

    Born  14 Mar 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Mar 1927  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  Wendel Buschert | F5357 
    Married  26 Nov 1871  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Joseph S. Cressman

    Born  27 Mar 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Dec 1925  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  Lydia Wenger | F3873 
    Married  27 Jan 1880  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Female
    Veronica "Fanny" Cressman

    Born  29 Aug 1855  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Feb 1865   
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Moses S. Cressman

    Born  3 Aug 1857  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Jun 1924  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  22 Jun 1924  Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Maria B. "Mary" Snyder | F6402 
    Married  8 Jan 1908  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lovina Snyder | F251817 
    Married  20 Sep 1882  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

  • 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.

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 419.

    3. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin.
      Joseph Kressman, To Veronica Shantz, Both Of Waterloo. 11 May 1841. Wit. Isaac Shantz And John Kressman.

    4. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 14 May 1841 Pg 20.
      11 May 1841 On Tuesday, Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Joseph KRESSMAN to Veronica SCHANTZ, all from Waterloo Tp.