Mary Anne Shantz

1895 - 1979  (84 years)

• Name	Mary Anne Shantz
  Born	13 Jan 1895	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Anne Cressman
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24820
  Died	20 Nov 1979	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I24820	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Norman Shantz,   b. 3 Nov 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1949  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Rosenberger,   b. 1870, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Feb 1894  (Age 24 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1893  [5]
  Family ID	F5974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Omar Cressman,   b. 5 Nov 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1922  [3]
  Children	1. Clayton S. Cressman,   b. 2 Nov 1925,   d. 21 Aug 1996, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F7465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cressman.- Mary Ann, daughter of Norman and Emma Shantz, was born in Wilmot Twp., Jan. 13, 1897, died at her home in Cambridge, Ont., Nov. 20, 1979; aged 82 y. On Jan. 4, 1922, she was married to Omar Cressman, who survives. Also surviving are one son (Clayton), one daughter (Ethel-Mrs. Lyle Woolner), 4 sisters (Iona Leis, Reta Gingerich, Edith Nahrgang, and Erlene Leis), 4 brothers (Elmon, Irvin, Layton, and Delton), 7 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Preston Mennonite Church, where the funeral service was held on Nov. 22, in charge of Willis Breckbill; interment in the Blenheim Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 73, Number 2 - January 8, 1980, page 30.

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 11. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Omar Cressman 1894-1980 his beloved wife Mary Ann Shantz 1897-1979 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, 8 Jan 1980 - Obituary of Mary Anne Shantz. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 31, 1950 Obituary of Norman Shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jan 1895 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Nov 1979 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth