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

1820 - 1908  (87 years)

• Name	Anna Cressman
  Born	18 Nov 1820	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Anna Shantz
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2075
  Died	25 Jan 1908  [6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I22275	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Cressman,   b. 15 May 1795, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jun 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Esther Wismer,   b. 12 Jan 1790, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Sep 1881, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1818  [13]
  Family ID	F3935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eli C. Shantz, Sr.,   b. 23 Jan 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	5 May 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 10, 12, 14]
  Children	1. Barbara Shantz,   b. 10 Mar 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)   2. Enos C. Shantz,   b. 26 Jun 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1921  (Age 77 years)   3. John C. Shantz,   b. 5 Jul 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1914  (Age 67 years)   4. Esther Shantz,   b. 2 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1906  (Age 57 years)   5. Anna Shantz,   b. 10 Mar 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1934, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   6. Eli C. Shantz,   b. 26 Mar 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   7. Israel Shantz,   b. 29 May 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Nov 1859  (Age 2 years)   8. Magdalena "Lena" Shantz,   b. 8 Sep 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 96 years)   9. Susannah C. Shantz,   b. 2 Aug 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1917, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anna Cressman, "the second eldest was born November 18th, 1820. On May 5th, 1840, she was married to Eli C. Shantz who was born January 23rd, 1816, and died September 19th, 1889. To them were born nine children". 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.]. _________________ In 1901 Anna lived with her son Eli.

  
  

• 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..., 392. [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..., 597. [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..., 480. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Mother & Father / Eli C. Shantz / died Sept.19, 1889 / aged 73 yrs. 7 mos. 27 dys. / Anna Cressman / his wife / died Jan. 25, 1908 / aged 87 yrs. 2 mos. 7 dys. / weep not for us our children dear / Shantz [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 27. Anna SCHANTZ Birthplace: Canada Age 32 Mennonite b. 18-Nov [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 30. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 1. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 24. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 9 May 1840:4. 5 May 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Eli Schantz to Anna Kressman, daughter of Johann Kressman, all of Waterloo Tp. [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. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Benjamin Eby, Mennonist Society. Eli SHANTZ, to Anna KRESSMAN, both of Waterloo Twp. 5 May 1840. Rev. EBY. Wit. John PRESSMAN and Joseph KRESSMAN.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Nov 1820 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 May 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth