Orkney Island Cressman^[1]

1889 - 1918  (28 years)

• Name	Orkney Island Cressman
  Born	17 Dec 1889	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Orkney Island Shuh
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Anglican
  Eby ID Number	00028-2144.3
  Died	6 Dec 1918  [3]
  Buried	Sharon Mennonite Cemetery, Near Guersey, Saskatchewan   [3]
  Person ID	I28	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Israel C. Cressman,   b. 2 Jan 1860, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sarah Bowman,   b. 15 May 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jun 1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Milton Shuh,   b. 14 Jul 1886, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1947, Nitawin, Saskachewan, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Reta Shuh,   b. 9 Feb 1916,   d. 20 Dec 2003  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F37047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Orkney Island Cressman," born Dec. 17th, 1889." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________ Shuh. - Orkney Island, daughter of Bro. and Sister Israel Cressman and wife of Milton Shuh, died Dec. 6, 1918, aged 29 years, less ten days. Buried in Sharon Mennonite Cemetery near Guernsey, Sask. Gospel Herald - Volume XI, Number 44 - January 30, 1919 - pages 791

  
  

• 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..., 493. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 30, 1919 - Obituary of Orkney Island Cressman. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 29. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11872-86. Israel Cressman, 26, Yeoman, b. Canada, res. New Dundee, son of Samuel and Barbara, married Sarah Bowman, 23, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of Daniel and Sarah, Witness: Menno Cressman and Mary Ann Nahrgang, 16 June 1886 at Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Dec 1889 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Sharon Mennonite Cemetery, Near Guersey, Saskatchewan  = Link to Google Earth