Elvira Whiting^[1]

1839 - 1935  (95 years)

• Name	Elvira Whiting
  Born	12 Nov 1839	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Alvirah Whiting
  Name	Eliza Whiting
  Name	Elvira Cressman
  Name	Elvira Henderson
  Name	Elvira Vardon
  Residence	1867	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1869	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	W. Methodist
  Residence	1900	Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-147702
  Died	8 Mar 1935	Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada
  Buried	Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I147702	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Mathew Whiting,   b. CALC 27 Apr 1799, Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Oct 1868, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. 1796, , USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1880, Norwich, North Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F20670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Noah Cressman,   b. 6 Mar 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1864, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)
  Married	22 Jul 1862	Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Alvin Cressman
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henry "Harry" Henderson,   b. 8 Nov 1832, , Ireland ,   d. 1 Apr 1915, Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1900	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F299988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Dr. William Hawkins Vardon,   b. 1833, , New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1886, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Thomas Vardon,   b. 1856, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jane Vardon,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elisabeth Vardon,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lilivette Eleanor "Nellie" Vardon,   b. 14 Aug 1869, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1934, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F41442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died This Morning Private funeral services for Mrs. Elvira Henderson, aged 95, of 4410 Angus drive, who died this will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Nunn & Thomson. Rev. Bruce Hunter, D.D., will omciate and interment will take place in Ocean View Burial Park. Mrs. Henderson, who was born in Gault, Ontario, was the widow of Henry Henderson of Norwich, Ont. She is survived by two granddaughters, Mrs. J. Huycke of Toronto and Mrs. Marjorie Stroud of Vancouver. The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Fri, Mar 8, 1935 Page 4

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 484. [S963] Census - ON, Norfolk, Walsingham Township - 1851, Div 7 Pg 1. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 3A, Pg. 28. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Vardon William H, 33, res. Hawksville, b. New Brunswick, son of Thomas W and Hannah, married 18 Sept 1867 Elvira Cressmann, 27, res. Berlin, b. CW, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Henry Henderson 67, res Norwich, retired merchant, b. Ireland, widower, s/o Wm. Henerson and Nancy Linton, married Elvira Vardon, 60, res. Norwicih, widow, b. Ontario, d/o Matthew Whiting and Eliz. Fonger. married 15 Jun 1900 Berlin [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Tillowatte Eleanor Vardon, b. 14 Aug 1869 d/o W. Hawkins Vardon - Physician Hawkesville, and Elora Whitney [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 4 Jul 1862. "Cressman - Whiting: At the residence of the Bride's Father, Delhi, C. w., on the 22nd inst., by the Rev. C. W. M. Gilbert. Mr. N. Cressman, Druggist, Waterloo Village, to Elvira, youngest daughter of the Rev. Mathew Whiting, Wesleyan Minister, and Sister of Dr. Whiting, of this Town." [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 30 Jul 1862. Whiting, Eliza married 22 Jul 1862 to Noah Cressman By Rev C W M Gilbert, in Delhi. Groom, a druggist, Waterloo Village. Bride, youngest dau Rev Matthew Whiting, Delhi; sister of Dr Whiting, Berlin.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Nov 1839 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Jul 1862 - Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1867 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Sep 1867 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1869 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jun 1900 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Mar 1935 - Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Buried - - Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth