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

Florence Luella Cressman[1, 2]

Female 1892 - 1978  (86 years)


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  • Name Florence Luella Cressman 
    Born 16 Apr 1892  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Florence Luella Snyder 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Domestic 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00006-0963.4 
    Died 29 Nov 1978  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I10096  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 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, 10, 11, 12
    Family ID F44  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Professor Earl Stanley Snyder,   b. 14 Aug 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973  (Age 79 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Florence Luella Cressman," born April 16th, 1892."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

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      Snyder, Mrs, Earle S. (Florence L.) - On Wednesday, November 29, 1978, at Fairview Mennonite Home, the former Florence Luella Cressman, aged 86 years.

      Mother of Helen Elizabeth (Mrs. James Reusser) of Kitchener, Catherine Erlene (Mrs. Roger Seibert) of Pandora, Ohio; grandmother of Mark, Kristen and John Reusser, Ruth and David Siebert, sister of Stella Cressman of Kitchener. Predeceased by her husband Prof. Earle S. Snyder in 1973; two sisters, Laura (Mrs. Milton Cressman and Myra Cressman; her father, Ephriam Cressman and her mother, the former Susannah Betzner. Mrs. Snyder and her late husband had been residence of Guelph for over 45 years. In 1976, Mrs. Snyder moved to Fairview Mennonite Home. She was a charter member of Stirling Mennonite Church and the WMA.
      Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 2 p.m. Friday until noon Saturday, then to Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church for funeral service at 2 p.m. Internment will be made in First Mennonite Cemetery.


      Obituary - Kitchener-Waterloo Record, November 30, 1978

  • 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. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Snyder / Florence / Cressman / 1892-1978 / Earle / Stanley / 1893-1973 / Study to show thyself approved unto God II Timothy 2: 15

    6. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.

    7. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 4 Page 12.

    8. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    9. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), November 30, 1978.
      Obituary of Florence Cressman

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

    11. [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.

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Apr 1892 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Domestic - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Nov 1978 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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