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

Elizabeth Cressman

Female 1818 - 1893  (74 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Cressman 
    Born 29 Jul 1818  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Occupation 1851  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Servant 
    Residence 1851  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2059 
    Died 6 Jan 1893  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Cause: heart disease 
    Person ID I22204  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2023 

    Father Jacob Cressman,   b. 6 Mar 1774, , Limerick Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Longennecker,   b. 10 Aug 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F5347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Cressman, "was born July 29th, 1818, and died January 6th, 1893. She was never married."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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      CRESSMAN - On the 6th of February, 1893, in Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Elizabeth Cressman, aged 74 y., 5 m., 7 d. Buried on the 9th in Shantz's grave yard. Funeral services by Amos Cressman from Matt. 5: 6 and Tobias Bowman from Heb. 4: 9. The deceased was a faithful sister in the church since her youth. She was never married. J.B. Schmitt


      Herald of Truth , Vol. XXX, No. 5, March 1, 1893 - Page 86, 87

  • 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. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 17411-1893 Elizabeth Cressman.

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

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

    5. [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..., 477.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jul 1818 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Servant - 1851 - 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 - Presbyterian - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: heart disease - 6 Jan 1893 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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