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

Laura May Cressman[1, 2]

Female 1887 - 1954  (66 years)


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  • Name Laura May Cressman 
    Born 2 Sep 1887  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Laura May Cressman 
    Eby ID Number 00006-0963.3 
    Died 1954  [5, 6
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I10086  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Ephraim S. Cressman,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Susannah Betzner,   b. 8 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1948  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1882  [1, 3, 7, 8, 9
    Family ID F44  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Milton W. Cressman,   b. 29 Jun 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Frederick David Cressman,   b. 20 Jan 1917,   d. 16 Mar 2002, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Robert Leroy Cressman,   b. 6 Dec 1919,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F18780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Laura May Cressman," born September 2nd, 1887."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  • 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..., 249.

    2. [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..., 300.

    3. [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..., 499.

    4. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 4.

    5. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Cressman/ Milton W.Cressman/ 1884-1963/ his beloved wife/ Laura M. Cressman/ 1887-1954/ In silence we remember

    6. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), April 6, 1963 - Obituary of Milton Cressman.

    7. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .

    8. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Feb 1882.
      15 Feb 1882 Susannah Betzner and Ephraim S. Cressmann, both of Waterloo Township, were married by Preacher Sherk of Berlin.

    9. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 23.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Sep 1887 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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