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

Susannah Cressman[1]

Female 1879 - 1948  (69 years)


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  • Name Susannah Cressman 
    Born 4 Oct 1879  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28023196 
    Name Susannah Bauman 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2086.6 
    Died 7 Dec 1948  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Cause: heart attack following a stroke 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I22316  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

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

    Family Enoch M. Bauman,   b. 7 Dec 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1980, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1907  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Irene C. Bauman,   b. 28 Mar 1908,   d. 8 Jul 1989  (Age 81 years)
     2. Viola Bauman,   b. 8 Aug 1909,   d. 16 Aug 1986  (Age 77 years)
     3. Melvin Bauman,   b. 24 Oct 1910,   d. 23 Aug 1998  (Age 87 years)
     4. Alson Carl Bauman,   b. 21 Mar 1913, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     5. Salome "Sally" Bauman,   b. 25 Oct 1920,   d. 9 Oct 2006, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F22007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Susannah Cressman," born October 4th, 1879."

      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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      Bauman. -- Susannah Bauman was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., Oct. 4, 1879; died at the K. W. Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., Dec. 7, 1948; aged 69 y. 2 m. 3 d. Death resulted suddenly from a heart attack following a stroke. On March 17, 1907, she was united in marriage to Enoch M. Bauman, who survives. Also surviving are 5 children (Irene, Hamilton, Ont.; Viola - Mrs. Edwin Bowman, Yatton, Ont.; Melvin, Heidelberg, Ont.; Alson, Kitchener, Ont.; Salome - Mrs. Elmer Brubacher, Wallenstein, Ont.), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers (Noah Cressman, Breslau, Ont.; and Allen Cressman, Guernsey, Sask.), and one sister (Maryann - Mrs. Lloyd Shantz, Didsbury, Alta.). An infant son (Enoch) predeceased her in 1916 and a twenty-year-old daughter (Salinda) in 1935. In her youth she joined the Mennonite Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death. She was a faithful wife and a kind mother. Funeral services were held Dec. 9 in the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. Reuben Dettweiler and Oscar Burkholder officiated. Text: Ruth 1: 16,17.

      Gospel Herald - Volume XLII, Number 2 - January 11, 1949 - pages 46, 47

  • 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..., 819.

    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..., 482.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 9.

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 27.

    5. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 11, 1949 - Obituary of Susannah Bowman.

    6. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 7.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Oct 1879 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Mar 1907 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: heart attack following a stroke - 7 Dec 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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