Mary Ann Eby^{[1, 2, 3]}

1870 - 1941  (71 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Eby
  Born	14 Apr 1870	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Ann Cressman
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00031-2394
  Died	26 Dec 1941	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Buried	Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I20886	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	David B. Eby,   b. 26 Aug 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lydia Bauman,   b. 10 Sep 1831, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1851	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F2353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Allen Cressman,   b. 3 Mar 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Arclista Cressman,   b. 27 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lorne Cressman,   b. 14 Jun 1895, of, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1895  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Ann Eby, "was born April 14th, 1870. She is married to Allen Cressman. They reside on the old "David Eby Homestead" several miles west of Waterloo where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of one child named Arclista." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________________ Cressman.-Mary Ann, widow of the late Allen Cressman, was born on the David Eby homestead near Waterloo, Ont., April 16, 1870; died at the Kitchener and Waterloo Hospital after a long illness, Dec. 26, 1941; aged 71 y. 8 m. 10 d. She was a daughter of the late David Eby and Lydia Bowman Eby. Jan. 14, 1891, she was united in marriage to Allen Cressman, who predeceased her Nov. 26, 1935. She leaves 1 daughter (Arclista Cressman), who has served as deaconess for the Old People's Home, in the Canadian Northwest, for 26 years. One sister (Mrs. Allen Kraft of Bridgeport) also survives. She was predeceased by 1 son (Lorne) in infancy. She was a faithful member of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont., in which church she labored unstintingly in ladies' aid circles, in behalf of the unfortunate. She had a heart that beat in behalf of the poor. Her unselfish spirit and influence will live on in others. Funeral services were conducted at Kitchener, Ont., by Bro. C. F. Derstine, assisted by Clarence Keen and C. N. Good. Theme: "In That Day Shall Everyone Have Praise of God" (I Cor. 4: 5). GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXXIV, No . 41 - January 8, 1942 - pp 870, 871

  
  

• 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..., 543. [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..., 500. [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..., 130. [S155] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Erb Street Mennonite CC#4512 Internet Link. In loving memory of / Allen Cressman / 1866-1935 / his beloved wife / Mary Ann Eby / 1870-1941 / She hath done / what she could / Mark 14: 8 / at rest / Cressman [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 5. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 39. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 8, 1942 - Obituary of Mary Ann Cressman. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 10. [S2222] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township (North) - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 31. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 48. [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..., 542. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. David Eby, 25, yeoman of Waterloo married 21 Jan 1851 in Greenbush by banns to Lidia Baumann, 18, of Waterloo, wit. William Dekay - carpenter - Waterloo & C. Bindemann - Waterloo [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 21 Jan 1851 Pg 4. BAUMANN, Lydia married 21 Jan 1851 To David EBY. Both of Waterloo. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Apr 1870 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Dec 1941 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth