Howard Alexander Cressman

1897 - 1927  (29 years)

• Name	Howard Alexander Cressman
  Born	10 Apr 1897	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1923	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-23292
  Died	12 Mar 1927	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: pleuro-pneumonia
  Buried	Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I23292	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ezra M. Cressman,   b. 13 Nov 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1938  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Louisa Shantz,   b. 17 Dec 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1950  (Age 84 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1886  [6]
  		Cressman, Ezra & Louisa Shantz 58th wedding.jpg 58th wedding anniversary of Ezra and Louisa Shantz Cressman in April 1936. Back (L-R): Ezra Cressman, Moses Cressman, Susannah Bricker Cassel Shantz; Front (L-R): Susanna Shantz Bean Schafer; Daniel S. Shantz, Louisa Shantz Cressman, Elizabeth Shantz Cressman, Hannah Shantz Cressman, Noah S. Shantz
  Family ID	F4930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida Snyder,   b. 4 Jan 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Oct 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1923	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Dr. Harry Keith Cressman,   b. 6 Jul 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 2005, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Howard Snyder Cressman,   b. 26 Mar 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 2004, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cressman.--Howard Cressman was born near New Hamburg, Ont., April 10, 1897; died where he was born on March 12, 1927; aged 29 y 11 m. 2 d. In Dec., 1924, he was united in marriage with Sister Ida Snyder, Hespeler, Ont., to which union was born one son. Just one week previous to his death he was taken seriously ill with pleuro-pneumonia and God saw best to take him home. During his illness he suffered severely and continuously, but he bore it all much patience and Christian fortitude. At the age of 14 he accepted Christ as his personal Savior, united with the Mennonite Church, and remained a faithful member to the end. In his untimely departure he leaves a sorrowing companion, one son (Keith), father, mother, two brothers (Leander and Curtis), besides a host of relatives and friends. In the home he will be greatly missed as an affectionate companion and a loving father. In the Church his service and counsel can no longer be personally given, but we bow to our heavenly Father, and from our heart's desire to say, "Thy will be done." Funeral services were held Mar. 14, from his late home to the Bean Church, and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Brethren Ozias Cressman, Manasseh Hallman, Moses Shantz, and Oscar Burkholder conducted the services. Text, Rev. 13: 14. Gospel Herald - Vol. XIX, No. 52 - March 24, 1927, page 1103

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 16. [S460] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Nith Valley Mennonite CC#4554 Internet Link. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 24, 1927 - Obituary of Howard Cressman. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21946 (1923), Cressman-Snyder. Howard A. Cressman, 26, Farmer, res. Wilmot Twp, b. Wilmot Twp, son of Ezra Cressman and Louisa Shantz married Ida Snyder, 24, Domestic, res. Waterloo Twp, b. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Absalom B. Snyder and Mary Groff, Witnessed by: Menno Moyer of Vineland Ontario and Emma Snyder of Preston, 12 December 1923 in Waterloo Twp [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..., 403.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Apr 1897 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1923 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Dec 1923 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: pleuro-pneumonia - 12 Mar 1927 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth