Lydia Cress^[1]

1847 - 1879  (31 years)

• Name	Lydia Cress
  Born	28 Jul 1847	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Birth	25 Dec 1861  [4]
  Misfortune	killed self and children
  Name	Lydia Bergy
  Residence	1867	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	00004-880.1
  Died	2 Jul 1879	Bowne, Kent Co., Michigan
  Buried	Bowne Cemetery, Alton, Bowne Township, Kent Co., Michigan
  Person ID	I5852	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	George Henry Cress,   b. CALC 10 May 1811, , Germany ,   d. 12 Oct 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Caroline,   b. 1817, , Germany ,   d. 22 Jan 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F252459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emanuel Bergy,   b. 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Feb 1922  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 May 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Annie Magdalena Bergey,   b. 26 May 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1939, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, USA  (Age 70 years)   2. Caroline "Carrie" Bergey,   b. 5 Feb 1872, Of, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1939  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A Mrs. Burgy, living one and one- half miles west of Freeport, in the town of Bowne, Kent county, the wife of a highly respected citizen and wife of five children, on Wednesday afternoon last shot dead with a revolver two of her children, and, it is feared, mortally wounded another, the oldest being a boy of 8, the other two, girls, younger. On the morning of the tragedy Mr. Burgy went to his work, haying, across the river one and one-half miles distant, taking his dinner. Dur-....as yet unsolved. About a year ago Mrs. B. showed signs of insanity, and was sent to Canada, her former home. When she returned it was supposed she had recovered, but within a few days previous to the tragedy showed signs of returning insanity. Nashville News. _________ TERRIBLE. Wholesale Child Murder and Suicide by an Insaue Woman. HANTINOR, July 3, 1879.-About 3 o'clock yesterday, at Free Port, Mrs. Bergy shot and instantly killed two of her children and fatally wounded another, and then shot herself. She is presumed to have been insane, as evidences of insanity had been discovered some time since in an attempt on the life of ber brother with a butcher, knife. Mr. Bergy is a leading citizen of Bowne, Kent county, and has long resided in this section of the state. Hillsdale Standard, 8 July 1879 edition.

  
  

• 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..., 233. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Emanuel Bergy, aged 23, res Waterloo, born Waterloo son of Jacob and Nancy (Hubbard) married 7 May 1867 to Lydia Kress aged 20, res Waterloo, born Dumfries, daughter of George and Karoline. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 1 Page 7. [S3297] Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1973. NameLydia Gress Baptism Age0 Record TypeBaptism Birth Date25 Dez 1861 Baptism Date25 Dez 1861 Baptism ChurchSt. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Baptism PlacePreston, Ontario, Canada Father Georg Gress MotherCaroline Gress

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Jul 1847 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1867 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 May 1867 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth