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

Moses Cressman[1]

Male 1832 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Moses Cressman 
    Born 17 Dec 1832  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1856  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Blacksmith 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Wesleyan Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    carriage maker 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2093 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I22340  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Joseph Cressman,   b. 23 Apr 1798, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Barbara Biehn,   b. 6 Jan 1806, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1888  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1822  [1, 6
    Family ID F4189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes Laidlaw,   b. 1838, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 26 Dec 1855  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Jane Beatty "Jennie Cressman,   b. 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1881, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     2. Geraldine Cressman,   b. 19 May 1858, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Linda Cressman,   b. 17 Sep 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1941  (Age 80 years)
     4. William Cressman,   b. 7 Feb 1868, Of Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1868  (Age 0 years)
     5. Joseph Bean Cressman,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. George Allan "Allan" Cressman,   b. 29 Nov 1874, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F5361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Moses Cressman, "was born December 17th, 1832, and is married to Agnes Laidlaw, sister of the late William Laidlaw of Galt. They reside in Goderich, Ontario, where he is engaged in manufacturing carriages, buggies, etc. His family consisted of six 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.].

  • 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..., 257.

    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..., 483.

    3. [S487] Census - ON, Huron, Goderich (City)- 1881, Division 2 Page Number 48 Household Number 223.
      Division 2 Page Number 48 Household Number 223

    4. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 39.

    5. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 16 Jan 1856.
      CRESSMAN, Moses married 26 Dec 1855 to Agness LAIDLAW At Royal Exchange, Berlin by Rev A Smith, Wesleyan minister. Moses, of Berlin; Agness, of Galt.

    6. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Dec 1832 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Dec 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Blacksmith - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carriage maker - 1881 - Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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