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

Louida Cressman[1]

Female 1889 - 1962  (73 years)


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  • Name Louida Cressman 
    Born 17 Feb 1889  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Louida Shantz 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2190.2 
    Died 9 Jul 1962  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    Buried Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    Person ID I172  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Enos M. Cressman,   b. 17 Sep 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1935, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Lovina Hallman,   b. 24 Mar 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1931, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1887  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10
    Family ID F63  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Manasseh Shantz,   b. 13 Aug 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1979, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1913  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Howard C. Shantz,   b. 6 Dec 1913,   d. Oct 1975  (Age 61 years)
     2. Wilfred C. Shantz,   b. 3 Feb 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 2000, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Nyal Shantz,   b. 16 Feb 1917, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 2005, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Armand C. Shantz,   b. 16 Dec 1918,   d. Feb 1989  (Age 70 years)
     5. Etta Shantz,   b. 22 Jun 1920,   d. 16 Mar 2012, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     6. Robert C. Shantz,   b. 16 Jun 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 2013, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     7. Ida C. Shantz,   b. 30 Mar 1924,   d. 10 Nov 2019, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     8. Mahlon Shantz,   b. 18 Dec 1926, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 2004, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     9. Ion C. Shantz,   b. 18 Dec 1926, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     10. Arley Shantz,   b. 8 Oct 1928, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     11. Esther Shantz,   b. 6 Apr 1930,   d. 4 Nov 1989  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F5986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Louida Cressman," born February 17th, 1889."

      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.].

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      Mrs. Mannasseh Shantz
      Mrs. Mannasseh Shantz, 73, of RR 2, Baden, died at K-W Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 17, 1889 in Wilmot Township she was a member of Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden and a member of the Women's Missionary Service Auxiliary.
      A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Enos Cressman, she is survived by her husband Mannasseh, to whom she was married Jan. 22, 1913, in Wilmot Township; eight sons, Howard, Nyal, Robert, Arley, all of Baden; Wilfred of St. Agatha, Armand of Wellesley, Ion of Millbank and Mahlon of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Lloyd (Etta) Shantz, Mrs. Lloyd (Ida) Schwartzentruber and Mrs. Aaron (Esther) Enns, all of Waterloo; four brothers, Jacob and Mannasseh of Kitchener, Edmund and Abner of New Hamburg, three sisters, Mrs. Aaron Bowman of New Hamburg, Mrs. Mary Hunsberger of Baden and Mrs. Orphen Weber of Kitchener, and 28 grandchildren.
      The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until noon Thursday when it will be removed to Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden, where Rev. Leslie Witmer will conduct a service at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Shantz Mennonite Cemetery. Donations to the Mennonite Mission Board will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2645] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Lovina Hallman - Cressman - 6 Feb 1931.

    2. [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..., 502.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 16.

    4. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Shantz / Louida / Cressman / 1889-1962 / Manesseh / Shantz / 1881-1979 / In Loving Memory /

    5. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 15.

    6. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 4.

    7. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 70.

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39114101/louida-shantz.

    9. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 10, 1935 - Obituary of Enos Cressman.

    10. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 3 Mar 1887.
      01 Feb 1887 Amos Cressman and Lovina Hallman, both of Wilmot Twp., were married by Preacher Chr. Stäbler, New Hamburg.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Feb 1889 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Jan 1913 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Jul 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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