Leah Cressman

1851 - 1913  (62 years)

• Name	Leah Cressman
  Born	23 May 1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121174438
  Name	Leah Rellinger
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	United Bretheran
  Eby ID Number	00028-2153
  Died	18 Jun 1913	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Person ID	I54	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Cressman,   b. 21 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1877, Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Susannah Snyder,   b. 1 Feb 1826, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Oct 1873  (Age 47 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1847	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12, 13, 14]
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Menno Rellinger,   b. 30 Mar 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1870	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 9, 15]
  Children	1. Jacob Alvin Rellinger   2. Oliver J. Rellinger,   b. 18 Jun 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jul 1934  (Age 64 years)   3. Alvin Rellinger,   b. 1879, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Menno A. Rellinger,   b. 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Herbert Emanuel Rellinger,   b. 6 Nov 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Cressman, "was born May 23rd, 1851. On January 13th, 1870, she was married to Menno Rellinger who was born March 30th, 1847. They reside in New Dundee, Ontario, where he is engaged as a wage-earner. They have three children" 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.]. _______________ MRS. MENNO RELLINGER. The death occurred to day at one o'clock of Mrs. Menno Rellinger. The deceased had been ill for the past week with peretinitis, and death was not unexpected. Her husband and three sons, Oliver and Herbert of Detroit, Alvin of Cochrane, Alta., survive. The funeral will be held on Sunday. The Chronicle Telegraph (190101), 19 Jun 1913, p. 5

  
  

• 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..., 495. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 7. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Menno Rellinger / 1847-1913 / Leah Cressman / his wife / 1851-1913 / at rest [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Menno Rellinger Born: Wilmot Age: 23 Father: Matthias Rellinger Mother: Rebecca Rellinger Born: abt 1847 Spouse: Leah Cressman Age: 19 born: Wilmot Father: Jaul Cressman Mother: Susannah Cressman married 13 Jan 1870 married: Waterloo [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 6. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 38 Page 8. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 28. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 42. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 23. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121174438. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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..., 494. [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..., 296. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Rev. Alex'r Richie, Presbyterian Minister, Dumfries pg 78. Jacob Crenman, to Susannah Snyder. 1 Apr 1847, by banns, Rev. Richie, Wit. Samuel Snyder and Abraham Crenman. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Menno Rellinger Born: Wilmot Age: 23 Father: Matthias Rellinger Mother: Rebecca Rellinger Born: abt 1847 Spouse: Leah Cressman Age: 19 born: Wilmot Father: Jaul Cressman Mother: Susannah Cressman married 13 Jan 1870 married: Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Jan 1870 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Jun 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth