Moses Cressman^[1]

1832 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Moses Cressman
  Born	17 Dec 1832	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Blacksmith
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Wesleyan Methodist
  Occupation	1881	Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	carriage maker
  Eby ID Number	00028-2093
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I22340	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Cressman,   b. 23 Apr 1798, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Barbara Biehn,   b. 6 Jan 1806, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   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 ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Dec 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Jane Beatty "Jennie Cressman,   b. 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1881, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)   2. Geraldine Cressman,   b. 19 May 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Linda Cressman,   b. 17 Sep 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1941  (Age 80 years)   4. William Cressman,   b. 7 Feb 1868, Of Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario ,   d. 11 Feb 1868  (Age 0 years)   5. Joseph Bean Cressman,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. George Allan "Allan" Cressman,   b. 29 Nov 1874, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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. [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. [S487] Census - ON, Huron, Goderich (City)- 1881, Division 2 Page Number 48 Household Number 223. Division 2 Page Number 48 Household Number 223 [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 39. [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. [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

  Born - 17 Dec 1832 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Dec 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carriage maker - 1881 - Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth