Henry Cress^[1]

1833 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Cress
  Born	21 Aug 1833	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	USA Civil War  [3]
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonist
  Occupation	1870	Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States   [4]
  	painter
  Eby ID Number	00027-2034
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I16784	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Cress,   b. 1806, , USA ,   d. South Of St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Mother	Magdalena Eby,   b. Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1883, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F4422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Cress, "was born August 21st, 1833. He is married and resides at Aurora, Illinois, where he is engaged in farming. His family consists of two children, a son and a daughter." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 472. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 6. [S2796] U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. Name:Henry Cress Birth Year:abt 1834 Place of Birth:Canada Age on 1 July 1863:29 Race:White Marital status:Unmarried (Single) Residence:Batavia, Kane, Illinois Congressional District:2nd Class:1 [S2374] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1870 9th Census, Census Place: Aurora, Kane, Illinois; Roll: M593_236; Page: 121B; Family History Library Film: 545735. Hy Cress 37 b. Canada Occ: painter Mary 39 b. New York Geo 9 b. Illinois Hiram 5 Ed 2 Evaline 7/12

  
  

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  Born - 21 Aug 1833 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1870 - Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth