Zillah Cressman^[1]

1887 - 1949  (62 years)

• Name	Zillah Cressman
  Born	26 Mar 1887	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	00009-1068.9
  Died	25 Oct 1949	Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I15853	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  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, 5]
  Family ID	F4254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Zillah Cressman," born March 26th, 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________ Miss Zillah Cressman, 62, died in the Didsbury hospital on Tuesday, October 25th, following a lengthy illness, and one more of our pioneer citizens has passed to the Last Resting Place. Born in Baden, Ontario, March 26, 1887, Miss Cressman was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cressman and came to Alberta in 1899 with her parents and other members of the family, and they homesteaded near Carstairs, later moving to Didsbury. She was a loyal and active member of the United Missionary Church for thirty-six years, and also took an active part in the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of whichshe was secretary for the past 29 years. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. George Ryckman of Bellingham, Wash., Mrs. Roy Curdy of Kent, Wash.; three brothers: Millo of Stavely, Alberta, Bruce of Kevisville, Alberta, and Elliot of Didsbury, Alberta. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E.G. Archer from the United Missionary Church, Didsbury, on Friday, October 28, at 2:00 p.m. Interment followed in the Didsbury cemetery with Didsbury Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Didsbury Pioneer, November 2, 1949, 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. [S206] Census - Alberta - 1901, Carstairs Y Page 2. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, D., America, N., Division, C., & Cemetery, D. (1887). Zillah Cressman (1887-1949) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138276424/zillah-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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Mar 1887 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Oct 1949 - Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth