Joseph Cressman^[1]

1880 - 1947  (66 years)

• Name	Joseph Cressman
  Born	29 Feb 1880	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	?
  Residence	1921	109 Weber St. E. & 74 Cedar St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1941	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00028-2127.5
  Died	12 Feb 1947	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I22450	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  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	Malinda Weber,   b. 6 Sep 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. Orpah Clarine Cressman,   b. 27 Feb 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ruby Mae Cressman,   b. 30 Jul 1912, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 2007  (Age < 94 years)   3. Leona Murl Cressman,   b. 25 May 1917, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Joseph Daniel Cressman,   b. 15 Feb 1919, , Ontario, Canada   5. Wellington "Wally" Cressman,   b. 21 Oct 1920, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2002  (Age 81 years)   6. Kenneth Lyle Cressman,   b. 21 Dec 1925
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F243363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Joseph Cressman, 70 Simeon St., died suddenly at his home this morning following a heart attack. Mr.Cressman was well known to the commercial trade over Ontario as are presentative of the Dominion Shirt Co. of this city. Born at Chesterfield, Ont., Feb. 20, 1880, s/o the late Mr. and Mrs.Daniel Cressman, he went west as a young man engaging in farming at Crossfield, Alta. He came to Kitchener in 1917 and conducted a grocery business at the corner of Weber and Cedar streets for ten years before joining the Dominion Shirt Co. staff. His wife, the former Melinda Weber, predeceased him in 1936. Mr. Cressman was a member of Stirling Ave. Mennonite Church. He is survived by two sons, Joseph, Waterloo, and Wellington, Kitchener; three daughters, Orpah Cressman, city; Mrs. Wilfred (Ruby) McLeod, Hawkestone,Ont., and Leona Cressman, city; One brother, Alvin, Ceylon, Sask., and two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Axt, city, and Mrs. Irvin Gimble, Breslau, and two grandchildren also survive him..." KW record obit. of Wed., Feb. 12, 1947

  
  

• 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. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 10. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Emina Cressman - December 4, 1941. [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 - 29 Feb 1880 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1941 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Feb 1947 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth