John Cressman^{[1, 2, 3]}

1755 - 1818  (63 years)

• Name	John Cressman
  Born	1755	, Chester Co., Pennsylvania   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1818	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario   [5]
  Eby ID Number	00028-2061
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone Image
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I22207	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Nicolaus Cressman,   b. Abt 1727, , Limerick Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Schowalter,   b. 4 Apr 1761, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Jul 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Magdalena Cressman,   b. 30 Jan 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 1866  (Age 83 years)   2. Barbara Cressman,   b. 22 May 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1831  (Age 45 years)   3. Elizabeth Cressman,   b. 10 Jun 1791, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jan 1879, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Susannah Cressman,   b. 9 Jun 1794, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 May 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   5. John Cressman,   b. 15 May 1795, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jun 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   6. Joseph Cressman,   b. 23 Apr 1798, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 41 years)   7. Nicolaus Cressman,   b. 3 Apr 1802, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 1828, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 26 years)   8. Anna Cressman,   b. 18 Jun 1803, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jul 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F5352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Cressman, "son of Nicolaus Cressman, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1755. He was married to Anna Schowalter who was born April 4th, 1761, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 2nd, 1829. They with their family of seven children, moved to Canada in 1807, and settled in Waterloo County, near Freeport, Ontario, on the farm lately owned by Daniel B. Snyder. Here he died in 1818." 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

  [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..., 385. [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..., 646. [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..., 656. [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. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 20.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1755 - , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Died - 1818 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth