Rev. Bishop Curtis Clement Cressman^{[1, 2]}

1894 - 1971  (77 years)

• Name	Curtis Clement Cressman
  Prefix	Rev. Bishop
  Born	31 May 1894	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19768754
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6736.3
  Died	25 Aug 1971	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I19474	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Ezra M. Cressman,   b. 13 Nov 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1938  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Louisa Shantz,   b. 17 Dec 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1950  (Age 84 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1886  [1]
  		Cressman, Ezra & Louisa Shantz 58th wedding.jpg 58th wedding anniversary of Ezra and Louisa Shantz Cressman in April 1936. Back (L-R): Ezra Cressman, Moses Cressman, Susannah Bricker Cassel Shantz; Front (L-R): Susanna Shantz Bean Schafer; Daniel S. Shantz, Louisa Shantz Cressman, Elizabeth Shantz Cressman, Hannah Shantz Cressman, Noah S. Shantz
  Family ID	F4930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amanda Ethel Byler,   b. 29 Apr 1893, Pulaski, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 11 Aug 1956, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Lillian Richardson,   b. 28 Aug 1912,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ruth Cressman,   b. 2 Aug 1921,   d. 23 Apr 1955  (Age 33 years)   3. Elsie Cressman,   b. 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 2012, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   4. Howard Wilson Cressman,   b. 15 Dec 1924,   d. 20 Sep 1999  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F19983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Clarice Pearl Stager,   b. 25 Mar 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Nov 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F16678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bishop Curtiss C. Cressman New Hamburg - Bishop Curtiss C. Cressman of RR 1, New Hamburg, died Wednesday at K-W Hospital after a brief illness. He was 77. Born May 31, 1894, in Wilmot Township, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Cressman. He farmed in Wilmot Township for many years and was bishop of the New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church. Bishop Cressman was predeceased by his first wife, the former Amanda Ethel Byler in 1956 and his second wife, the former Clarice Cressman in 1969; by a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Strubhar in 1955; a son and a daughter in infancy, and two brothers. Surviving are a son, Howard of RR 1, New Hamburg; two daughters, Mrs. Gordon (Lillian) Bean of New Dundee and Elsie Cressman, a missionary in Somali, Africa; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Bruce A. Omand Funeral Home here until noon Friday when removal will be made to the church for service at 2 p.m. Rev. Earl Koch will officiate. Burial will be in Biehn Mennonite cemetery, Wilmot Township. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Aug 28 1971 pg 29

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 403. [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..., 486. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 16. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 2.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 May 1894 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Aug 1971 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth