Eluid Cressman^{[1, 2]}

1894 - 1954  (59 years)

• Name	Eluid Cressman
  Born	4 Jun 1894	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00009-1068.13
  Died	6 Apr 1954	Blairmore, , Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I15857	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

  Elliot Cressman," date not received" 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _______________ Funeral services were held on Friday, April 9 in Didsbury United Missionary Church at 2 p.m. for Eliud Cressman of Hillcrest, who died Tuesday, April 6 in Crows Nest Pass hospital after a lengthy illness. Rev. Ray Shantz officiated at the service and Mrs. Lydia Suder sang a solo, "Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break." Interment was in Didsbury cemetery with Didsbury Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Cressman was born near Baden, Ont., in June 1894. He came to Alberta with his parents over 50 years ago. They resided near Carstairs and later moved to Didsbury where he worked for many years. He later moved to Hillcrest. Surviving are his wife, Mary, and one son Grey; two brothers and two sisters and a large number of nieces and nephews. Didsbury Pioneer, April 14, 1954, 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. (1894). Eluid Cressman (1894-1954) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138276218/eluid-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 - 4 Jun 1894 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Apr 1954 - Blairmore, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth