John Cressman^[1]

1881 - 1941  (59 years)

• Name	John Cressman
  Born	12 Sep 1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer Son
  Occupation	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2086.7
  Died	28 Apr 1941	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Person ID	I22317	Generations
  Last Modified	25 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	Elmeda Becker,   b. 27 Sep 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1948, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1908  [4]
  Children	1. Sylinda Cressman,   b. Jun 1909, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Clarence Ray "Ray" Cressman,   b. 5 Oct 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 May 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Cressman," born September 12th, 1881." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ____________________________ CRESSMAN - John Cressman was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., on Sept. 12, 1881, and died at his late home near Breslau, Ont., on April 28, 1941; aged 59 y. 7 mo. 16 d. On June 10, 1908. He was married to Elmeda Becker who, with 1 son, Ray, and 1 daughter, Mrs. Geo. Clayton, 4 brothers, Noah and Levi of Breslau, Isaiah of Kitchener, Allen of Guernsey, Sask., 2 sisters Mrs. Enoch Bauman of Wallenstien (sic) and Mrs. Lloyd Shantz of Didsbury, Alta., and 1 grandchild, survives him. Two sisters, Magdalena of Kitchener, and Mrs. Jacob Cressman of Breslau, predeceased him a few years ago. Bro. Cressman united with the Mennonite Church, and the Cressman congregation at Breslau during Bro. S. G. Shetler's meetings in Feb. 1908. The funeral was held at the Cressman Mennonite Church; Minister, Oscar Burkholder. Text: Jas. 1: 27. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIV, No 8 - May 22, 1941, page 174, 175

  
  

• 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. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of John Cressman - May 22, 1941. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 10. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 7. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Cressman/ John Cressman/ born Sept. 12, 1881/ died Apr. 28, 1941/ Ellmeda Becker/ his beloved wife/ born Sept. 27, 1881/ died Jan.1,1948/ In silence we remember/ [A] Father [B] Mother

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Sep 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Apr 1941 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth