Thelbert "Bert" Cressman^[1]

1892 - 1945  (52 years)

• Name	Thelbert "Bert" Cressman
  Born	17 Nov 1892	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00009-1068.12
  Died	13 Mar 1945	Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
  Buried	Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I15856	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, 4]
  Family ID	F4254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thelford Cressman," born November 17th, 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________ Thelbert Cressman, who has been employed at Whitehorse in the Yukon, died suddenly on Tuesday, March 13. Born at Baden, Ont., Mr. Cressman came west to Didsbury in 1899 and was well known here. "Bert", as he was commonly known, was 53 years of age and is survived by four brothers and three sisters. The body was brought out by truck 1000 miles to rail head, and shipped to Didsbury for burial. Funeral services were held from the M.B.C. Church, Didsbury, on Wednesday, March 21st at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. E. Archer officiating. Pallbearers were: O. Shantz, L. Shantz, D. McEwen, N. Weber, R.E. Gillrey and T. Morris. Interment followed in the Didsbury cemetery with Bill McFarquhar of the Didsbury Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Didsbury Pioneer, March 22, 1945, 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. [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 - 17 Nov 1892 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Mar 1945 - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada  = Link to Google Earth