Elmina Cressman^[1]

1876 - 1941  (65 years)

• Name	Elmina Cressman
  Born	31 Jan 1876	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elmina Schmitt
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2127.2
  Died	4 Nov 1941  [3]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I22447	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel E. Cressman,   b. 29 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Hannah Shantz,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1874	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F4927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emanuel S. Schmitt,   b. 21 Dec 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1957  (Age 81 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1901  [3]
  Children	1. Vera Solma? Schmitt,   b. 16 Dec 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   2. Jacob Schmitt,   b. Oct 1907, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Daniel Schmitt,   b. 25 Aug 1909, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Schmitt.-Elmina Cressman was born in Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ont., Jan. 31, 1876; died Nov. 4, 1941; aged 65 y. 9 m. 4 d. She was married to Emanuel Schmitt on Mar.20, 1901. This union was blessed with 4 children. One died in infancy. She leaves to mourn a deeply bereaved husband, 1 daughter (Mrs. Herbert Wismer of Baden), 2 sons (Daniel and Jacob of Kitchener),2 grandchildren, 2 sisters (Mrs. Jacob Axt of Petersburg and Mrs. Ervin Gimbel of Breslau), 2 brothers (Alvin of Ceylon, Sask., and Joseph of Kitchener), and a host of other relatives and friends. She accepted Christ as her Saviour on Mar. 14, 1897, and has been a faithful and active member at Shantz Church for forty years. She served eighteen years as secretary of the Ladies' Aid. For the last number of years her health had been failing and, amid trials and suffering, God in His infinite wisdom saw fit to take her to her eternal rest. She will be greatly missed in the home, church, and community, - above all, in the home. She was a real" mother in Israel," always ready to help wherever she could. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Bro. Orphen Wismer, and at the Shantz Mennonite Church by Bros. Moses Rothand L. H. Witmer. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. L.H.W. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIV, No . 36 - December 4, 1941 - pg 759

  
  

• 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..., 489. [S147] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1901, Blenheim C-9 Page 1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Emina Cressman - December 4, 1941. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 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. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Jan 1876 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth