Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Henry Cress[1]

Male 1833 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Henry Cress 
    Born 21 Aug 1833  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Military USA Civil War  [3
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonist 
    Occupation 1870  Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    painter 
    Eby ID Number 00027-2034 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I16784  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Mother Magdalena Eby,   b. Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1883  (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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 
    1. [S3] 472.

    2. [S141] Div. 3, Pg. 6.

    3. [S2796] .
      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

    4. [S2374] 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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Aug 1833 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - painter - 1870 - Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
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