1876 - 1971 (95 years)
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Name |
Lydia Ann Cressman |
Born |
13 Jan 1876 |
Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
Gender |
Female |
Name |
Lydia Ann Cressman |
Name |
Lydia Ann Shantz |
Residence |
1891 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
Mennonite |
Residence |
1911 |
Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Mennonite |
Eby ID Number |
00028-2182 |
Died |
6 May 1971 |
Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5, 6] |
Buried |
Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5, 7] |
Person ID |
I150 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
3 Mar 2025 |
Father |
Isaac S. Cressman, b. 6 Jul 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Aug 1894, Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) |
Mother |
Elizabeth Snyder, b. 18 Apr 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1910 (Age 69 years) |
Married |
19 Mar 1865 |
, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [8, 9, 10, 11] |
Family ID |
F42 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Uzziah Shantz, b. 11 Jun 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Aug 1948, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) |
Married |
19 Feb 1902 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Children |
| 1. Claude Leonard Shantz, b. 14 Jan 1904, d. 19 Mar 1906 (Age 2 years) |
| 2. Leonard Shantz, b. 8 Feb 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 Jul 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) |
| 3. Grace Ilene Shantz, b. 1910, , Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Mar 2008, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 98 years) |
| 4. Erma Shantz, b. 18 Feb 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Nov 2003, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years) |
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Last Modified |
4 Mar 2025 |
Family ID |
F57 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Shantz, Lydia Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Cressman, was born at Kitchener, Ont., Jan. 31, 1876; died at the Elmira (Ont.) Nursing Home, May 6, 1971; aged 95 y. 3 m. 6 d. She was married to Uzziah Shantz, who died in 1948. Surviving are one son (Leonard), 2 daughters (Grace - Mrs. Solomon Bowman and Erma - Mrs. Tobias Bowman), 7 grandchildren, one great-grandson, and 2 sisters (Minerva and Melissa). One son (Claude), 7 brothers, and 4 sisters preceded her in death. She was a member of the Weber Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held May 9, in charge of Darrell Jantzi and J. B. Martin; interment in the Weber Church Cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Volume LXIV, Number 29 - July 27, 1971 - pp 643, 644
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Lydia Ann Shantz
Funeral service took place Sunday at the Strasburg Mennonite church for Lydia Ann Shantz, who died Thursday at the Elmira nursing home at the age of 95.
Bishop J.B. Martin and Rev. Darrell Jantzi officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Shantz was born in Strasburg, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Cressman. She lived in the Kitchener-Waterloo area all her life.
Surviving are one son, Leonard of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. Solomon (Grace) Bowman of Elmira, Mrs. Tobias (Erma) Bowman of Waterloo; two sisters, Minerva and Melissa, both of Waterloo; seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.
She was predeceased by her husband, Uzziah. in 1948 and a son Claude in 1906. Seven brothers and four sisters also predeceased her.
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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..., 500.
- [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-1 Page 15.
- [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 5.
- [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 46.
- [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20033413/lydia-ann-shantz.
- [S8] News - Gospel Herald.
- [S136] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Weber Mennonite CC#5426 Internet Link.
- [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.
- [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..., 345.
- [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
Isaac Cressman aged 35 res Waterloo born Waterloo son of Abraham and Maria married 19 Mar 1865 to Elizabeth Snyder aged 25 res Waterloo born Waterloo daughter of Adam and Elizabeth
- [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 May 1865.
Mar. 19, 1865 Elisabeth Schneider and Isaak Cressmann, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Kaessmann
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 | Born - 13 Jan 1876 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Married - 19 Feb 1902 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 6 May 1971 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Buried - - Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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