Sarah Woolner^[1]

1827 - 1899  (72 years)

• Name	Sarah Woolner
  Born	13 May 1827	, Suffolk, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Christened	9 Dec 1827	Beccles, , Suffolk, England   [7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Sarah Cressman
  Residence	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	000136-8370
  Died	15 Aug 1899	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I54515	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Woolner,   b. 18 Dec 1788, Beccles, , Suffolk, England ,   d. 8 Aug 1838, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Phyllis Grey,   b. 1796, , England ,   d. 2 Aug 1877, East Garafraxa Township, Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 81 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1824	Beccles, , Suffolk, England   [7]
  Family ID	F3736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Cressman,   b. 27 Feb 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1906, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1851	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 8]
  Children	1. Esther Cressman,   b. 29 Apr 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   2. Adline "Adeline" Cressman,   b. 21 Mar 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 7 years)   3. Susannah Cressman,   b. 25 Jul 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1936, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 79 years)   4. Louisa Cressman,   b. 1 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jul 1934  (Age 74 years)   5. Phillip Cressman,   b. 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Phyllis Cressman,   b. 25 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1920  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F14081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Woolner,"was born in Suffolk, England, May 13th, 1827. On March 4th, 1851, she was married to Henry Cressman. They reside on central part of lot No. 119, German Company's Tract, about three miles east of Berlin. Their family consists of five 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.]. ____________________ On the 15th of August, 1899, about three miles from Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Sister Sarah Woolner, beloved wife of Henry Cressman, of congestion of the lungs. To this union were born five daughters, three of whom are living. She was born in Norfolk Co., England, on May 13th, 1827, aged 72 years, 3 months and 2 days. She has been a member of the Mennonite Church for many years. Of late years she had been a sufferer occasionally, especially the last few weeks of her life she endured much, but bore her sufferings with "patience." She was laid to rest at the Cressman burying ground near Breslau, where services were held by E. S. Hallman, text, 1 Cor. 15: 57, and David Sherk of the U. B. Church. Text, Phil. 1: 21. The Herald of Truth , Vol. XXXVI, No. 18, September 15, 1899 - page 286

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 689. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 10. Listed as Lina [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..., 480. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Henry Cressman / born / Feb.27,1825 / died Mar.19,190(6) / aged 81 years / & 20 days / Sarah Woolner / wife of / Henry Cressman / born May 13,1827 / died Aug.15,1899 / aged 72 years / 3 mos.& 2 dys / Peace to her ashes / In that happy land we'll meet them / With those loved and gone before / And again with joy will greet them / There where parting is no more [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 24. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36579201/sarah-cressman. [S27] International Genealogical Index - Extracted Church Records, Church of England. Archdeaconry of Suffolk 0952979. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Henry Cressman aged 26, occ. joiner, res. Waterloo married 4 Mar 1851 Greenbush by lic. to Sara Woolner aged 23, res Waterloo, wit. John B. Shirk - wagonmaker of Preston & Mary Bergey

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 May 1827 - , Suffolk, England Christened - 9 Dec 1827 - Beccles, , Suffolk, England Married - 4 Mar 1851 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Aug 1899 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth