Levi H. Cressman^[1]

1874 - 1947  (72 years)

• Name	Levi H. Cressman
  Born	15 Jun 1874	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farm Laborer
  Occupation	1910	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2086.3
  Died	26 Apr 1947	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I22313	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Cressman,   b. 13 Jun 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Feb 1928, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Maria M. "Mary" Horst,   b. 26 Apr 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1871  [2]
  Family ID	F4925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmina Woolner,   b. 2 Aug 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Nov 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1910	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Children	1. Luanna Cressman,   b. 11 Nov 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   2. Aleda Cressman,   b. 25 Dec 1914,   d. 6 Jan 2018, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 103 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F12525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi Cressman," born January 24th, 1873." In 1901 Levi lived with his brother Isaiah on the farm next to his father. 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________ Levi, son of the late Cyrus and Mary (Horst) Cressman, was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., June 15, 1874; died at the Braeside Home, Preston, Ont., April 26, 1947; aged 72 y. 10 m. 11 d. On Jan. 12, 1910 he was united in marriage to Elmina Woolner, who survives. Also surviving are one son (Earl, Champion, Alta.), 5 daughters (Luanna-Mrs. Henry Wismer, Galt, Ont.; Naomi, Waterloo, Ont.; Erma, Kitchener, Ont.; Aleda-Mrs. Kenneth Cassel, of Preston; Ruth-Mrs. David Currie, of Galt), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers (Noah, Breslau, Ont.; Allen, Guernsey, Sask.), and 2 sisters (Mrs. Enoch Bowman, of Waterloo; and Mrs. Lloyd Shantz, Didsbury, Alta.). Two brothers and two sisters predeceased him. He was a member of the Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, April 29, in charge of C. F. Derstine and Oscar Burkholder. Gospel Herald - Volume XL, Number 7 - May 13, 1947, page 166, 167

  
  

• 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..., 819. [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..., 482. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 9. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 27. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 13, 1947 - Obituary of Levi Cressman. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 7. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21731 (1910), Cressman-Woolner. Levi U. Cressman, 35, Farmer, of Waterloo Twp, Son of Cyrus Cressman & Mary Horst Married Elmina Woolner, 28, of Waterloo Twp, daughter of John Woolner & Hannah Clemmer, Witn: John Frey & Irene Clemmer Both of Bridgeport, 12 January 1910 In Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jun 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1910 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Jan 1910 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Apr 1947 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth