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

Daniel E. Cressman[1, 2, 3]

Male 1847 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Daniel E. Cressman 
    Born 29 Nov 1847  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farm Laborer 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1874  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Agent - nursery ? 
    Residence 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2127 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Buried Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22445  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Daniel Cressman,   b. 17 Mar 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1886, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Annie Eby,   b. 18 Feb 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1848, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1838  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Family ID F5136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Shantz,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1874  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Elmina Cressman,   b. 31 Jan 1876, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1941  (Age 65 years)
     2. Livia Cressman,   b. 15 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1967, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Alvin Cressman,   b. 15 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1957, Ceylon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. Joseph Cressman,   b. 29 Feb 1880, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Agnes Cressman,   b. 3 May 1882, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917  (Age 34 years)
     6. Ada Cressman,   b. 1 Oct 1884, Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1972, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F4927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Daniel E. Cressman, "was born November 29th, 1847. He follows farming and resides in the township of Blenheim, Oxford County, Chesterfield P. O. On November 10th, 1874, he was married to Hannah Shantz who was born June 25th, 1848. To them were born 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. [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..., 402.

    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..., 541.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 26 Nov 1874.
      10 Nov 1874 By Pastor Spring in New Hamburg, Daniel Cressman was married to Anna Schantz, both of Wilmot.

    4. [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..., 489.

    5. [S147] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1901, Blenheim C-9 Page 1.
      birthdate given as 27 Sep 1847

    6. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 29;.

    7. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 1.

    8. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 26.

    9. [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..., 542.

    10. [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.

    11. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 23 Mar 1837:15.
      21 Mar 1837 Benjamin Eby m. Daniel Kressmann to Anna Eby, daughter of David Eby, both from Waterloo Tp.
      Ezra Eby's book gives marriage as 27 Mar 1837.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Nov 1847 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farm Laborer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1874 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Nov 1874 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agent - nursery ? - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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