Morgan Cressman^[1]

1880 - 1946  (66 years)

• Name	Morgan Cressman
  Born	3 Mar 1880	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00009-1068.5
  Died	29 Aug 1946	Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I15849	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel C. Cressman,   b. 9 Apr 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Angeline S. Bingeman,   b. 6 Aug 1852, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1932, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1873	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 8]
  Family ID	F4254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Morgan Cressman," born March 3rd, 1880." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________________ Morgan Cressman, an old timer of the Didsbury district, died in the local hospital on Thursday afternoon, August 29th, haveing been admitted to that institution on August 19th, following a heart seizure. Mr. Cressman homesteaded in the Carstairs district, March 23 1899, and followed as an occupation until he retired in Didsbury, having sold his farm just south of town in 1944. In the early days Mr. Cressman was noted for the pure bred horses he raised on his farm. Surviving are his wife, Didsbury; three brothers: Millo of Stavely, Bruce of Raven and Elliott of Hillcrest; also three sisters: Mrs. Rvckman, Bellingham, Wash., Mrs. Purdy, Spokane, Wash., and Zella of Didsbury. Funeral services were held from the M.B.C. Church, Didsbury, at 2 p.m., on Saturday, August 31st, with Rev. C.J. Hallman officiating. Pallbearers were Eli Shantz, Mel Shantz, Mr. Dehoney, W. Reist, N. Swalm and Ezra Sherrick. Interment followed in the Didsbury cemetery with W. McFarquhar of Didsbury Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Didsbury Pioneer, September 4, 1946, page 1

  
  

• 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..., 273. [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..., 492. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 19 Household Number 84. [S206] Census - Alberta - 1901, Carstairs Y Page 2. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 19. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 65. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, D., America, N., Division, C., & Cemetery, D. (1880). Morgan Cressman (1880-1946) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117703666/morgan-cressman. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 013020-73. Samuel C. Cressman, 24, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Wilmot Twp, son of Samuel and Barbara married Angelina Bingemann, 21, b. Blenheim, res. Blenheim, daughter of John and Judith, witnessed by: Louis and Mrs. Zoeger of Petersburg, 1 September 1873 in Petersburg

  
  

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  Born - 3 Mar 1880 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Aug 1946 - Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth