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

Elias Cressman[1, 2]

Male 1849 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Elias Cressman 
    Born Jan 1849  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1851  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Other Methodist 
    Residence 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Immigration 1880  , USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation 1900  Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2053 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I22196  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Amos Cressman,   b. 22 Sep 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mary" Eby,   b. 12 Oct 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1884, Near Hawksville, Wellesley Twp., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F5144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Jonathan Cressman,   b. Aug 1884, , Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Martha Cressman,   b. May 1886, , Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F29393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elias Cressman, "is married and resides in Nebraska, U. S., where he is engaged in farming."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 475.

    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..., 539.

    3. [S881] Census - Nebraska - 1900, T623, Jansen, enumeration district (ED) 0083, sheet 7a, p. 132, dwelling 100.
      Name: Elias Cressman Residence: Jansen village, Jefferson, Nebraska Birthdate: Jan 1849 Birthplace: Canada Ger Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Canada Ger Immigration year: 1880

    4. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 46.

    5. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Sect. 5 Page 187.

    6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 97.

    7. [S881] Census - Nebraska - 1900, T623, Jansen, enumeration district (ED) 0083, sheet 7a, p. 132, dwelling 100.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jan 1849 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1880 - , USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1900 - Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
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