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

George Cress[1]

Male 1850 - 1917  (66 years)


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  • Name George Cress 
    Born 5 Apr 1850  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14455810 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonist 
    Eby ID Number 00027-2042 
    Died 28 Mar 1917  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16804  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

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

    Family Susannah "Susie" Amon,   b. 16 Oct 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1934, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F300227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • George Cress, "the youngest in the family, is married to Susan Auman. They reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is engaged in carpentering and building. They have a family but names of children were 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 
    1. [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.

    2. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 6.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Apr 1850 - 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 MapsDied - 28 Mar 1917 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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