Hannah Cress^{[1, 2]}

1869 - 1923  (53 years)

• Name	Hannah Cress
  Born	2 Mar 1869	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16751098
  Name	Hannah Brubacher
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1921	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00027-2023
  Died	5 Jan 1923	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I16749	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Levi Cress,   b. 23 Feb 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1916, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Geib,   b. 9 Jul 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1928, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1863	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 11]
  Family ID	F4418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaiah Beechy Brubacher,   b. 22 Mar 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1941  (Age 75 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1888  [2]
  Children	1. Pearl Beatrice Brubacher,   b. 24 Feb 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1988, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   2. Kathleen Marie Brubacher,   b. 15 Aug 1904, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ethel Rolene Brubacher,   b. 4 Jan 1907, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Oct 2003, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   4. Gladys Brubacher,   b. Feb 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hannah Cress, "was born March 2nd, 1869. She is married to Isaiah Brubacher, a carriage-ironer, etc. They reside at St. Jacobs, Ontario. They have a family of one child named V Pearl Beatrice." 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.]. ______________ ESTEEMED LADY PASSED AWAY MRS. I. B. BRUBACHER PASSED AWAY LAST FRIDAY - FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY The death occurred at her home in St. Jacobs on Friday morning, January 5, 1923 of Hannah Cress, beloved wife of Isaiah Brubacher, at the age of 54 years, 10 months and 3 days, after an illness extending over two years. The late Mrs. Brubacher was born in St. Jacobs where she has resided all her life, and was highly esteemed by a wide circle of rela tives and friends, who deeply regret her demise. She is survived by her sorrowing husband, four daughters, Mrs. H. Reynolds of Kitchener, Kathleen, Ethel and Gladys at home, two grand children, her mother, Mrs. Levi Cress four brothers, Noah and John of Kitchener, Henry of Elmira, and Aaron of London, two sisters Mrs. O. J. Smith of St. Jacobs and Mrs. (Rev.) Henrich of New Hamburg. The funeral was held from her late residence on Sunday after noon at 2 o'clock to St. James' Lutheran church for services, thence to the Lutheran cemetery for interment. The heartfelt sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved.

  
  

• 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. [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..., 359. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-3 Page 15. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 31 Household Number 136. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 31. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 16 Page 16. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 23. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 3 Page 38. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Woolwich Twp. 1921 Sub Dist. 14 Page 14. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16751098. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Levi Cress aged 27, res Woolwich born Woolwich son of Ephraim and Susan married 22 Dec 1863 to Mary Ann Geib aged 18 res Woolwich born Woolwich daughter of Phillip and Mary.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Mar 1869 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Jan 1923 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth