Abraham Cressman^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1789 - 1871  (82 years)

• Name	Abraham Cressman
  Born	13 Dec 1789	, Chester Co., Pennsylvania   [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202659390
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Unnumbered Lots Doon, Waterloo County, Ontario   [15]
  Land	Bef 1831	Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario   [15]
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [16]
  	farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2107
  Died	29 Dec 1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9, 10, 11, 13]
  	Cause: rhuematic fever
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I22396	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Daniel Cressman,   b. 25 Oct 1762, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Mar 1795, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Esther Bechtel,   b. Jul 1766, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Jan 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	1787  [8]
  Family ID	F4127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Schneider,   b. 9 Jun 1794, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 May 1864, Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1814	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 8]
  Children	1. Daniel Cressman,   b. 17 Mar 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1886, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   2. Samuel S. Cressman,   b. 30 Mar 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   3. Elizabeth Cressman,   b. 4 Oct 1818, Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   4. Joseph Cressman,   b. 15 Nov 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   5. Maria "Mary" Cressman,   b. 17 Dec 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)   6. Jacob Cressman,   b. 21 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1877, Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)   7. Esther Cressman,   b. 12 Oct 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Feb 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   8. Abraham S. Cressman,   b. 27 Nov 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1911  (Age 84 years)   9. John S. Cressman,   b. 22 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1903, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   10. Isaac S. Cressman,   b. 6 Jul 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1894, Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   11. Bishop Amos S. Cressman,   b. 4 Sep 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jan 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   12. Nancy Cressman,   b. 5 Feb 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Aug 1914  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F4432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Cressman, "was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Decenber 13th, 1789. In 1806, when in his seventeenth year, he came to Canada. On June 21st, 1814, he was married to Mary, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Erb) Schneider. She was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, June 9th, 1794, and died near Strasburg, Waterloo County, Ontario, May 19th, 1864. He died December 29th, 1871. To them was born a family of twelve 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.]. ___________________________________ On the 29th of December, in Waterloo county, Ontario, Abraham Cressman, aged 82 years and 16 days. His remains were followed to the grave by a large concourse of friends and relatives on the 31st to Eby's burying-ground. He was a beloved brother in the Mennonite church. Herald of Truth - Volume IX, Number 2 - February 1872, page 29, 30

  
  

• 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..., 139. [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..., 289. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 42. [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..., 277. [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..., 223. [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..., 560. [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..., 564. [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..., 485. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, as recorded by Eldon Weber for the Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. (broken); In memory of / Abraham (Cressman) / born in Montgomery / Co. Pennsylvania Dec.13, 1789 / moved to Canada in 1806 / died Dec. 29 1871 / aged / 82 yrs. & 16 days / I am the resurrection and the life / he that believeth in me, though he were / dead yet shall he live [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 4 Jan 1872. Abraham Cressman died 29 Dec 1871 near Strassburg, 82 yrs, 16 days, came to Canada in 1806, was married in 1814, had 12 children; 8 sons, 4 daughters, 8 still living, 61 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren still living. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 23. Abraham CRESSMAN Farmer Birthplace: USA Age 61 Mennonite Mary CRESSMAN Birthplace: USA Age 57 Mennonite Abraham CRESSMAN Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 24 Mennonite John CRESSMAN Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 22 Mennonite Isaac CRESSMAN Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 21 Mennonite Amos CRESSMAN Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 16 Mennonite [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Volume IX, Number 2 - February 1872, page 29, 30. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 47. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 20. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Dec 1789 - , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Married - 21 Jun 1814 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: rhuematic fever - 29 Dec 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth