Simon Cress^[1]

1835 - 1887  (52 years)

• Name	Simon Cress
  Born	1835	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Brick Maker
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00027-2019
  Died	1887	Sandwich, Michigan   [1]
  Person ID	I16740	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Cress,   b. 9 Jun 1806, , Maryland ,   d. 20 Oct 1874, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Susannnah "Susan" McMahon,   b. 2 Oct 1812, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1869  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F4415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Miles,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Maria Cress,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edward Cress,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F4417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Simon Cress, "is married to Eliza Miles. They resided at Sandwich, Michigan, where he followed the carpentering trade until his death which took place in 1887. He left a family of two sons and one daughter, names 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 470. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 3 Pg 4. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Dist. 8 Page 83.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1835 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brick Maker - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth