Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Magdalena "Lena" Cressman

Female 1856 - 1945  (88 years)


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  • Name Magdalena "Lena" Cressman 
    Born 23 Jul 1856  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98496219 
    Name Magdalena "Lena" Schlegel 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1903  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Eby ID Number 00028-2156 
    Died 2 Feb 1945 
    Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Jacob Cressman,   b. 21 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1877, Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Susannah Snyder,   b. 1 Feb 1826, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1873  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1847  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carl Edward "Charles" Schlegel,   b. 2 May 1852, , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1922  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1903  Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F36730  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Cressman, "was born July 23rd, 1856. She is unmarried and resides in Hanover, Ontario."

      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 28.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: Charles Schlegel
      Sex: Male
      Age: 51 years (51 years)
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1852 Germany
      Res; Wilmot - farmer
      Father's Name: Fredk Schlegel
      Mother's Name: Rossie Byne
      Spouse's Name: Lena Cressman
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 45 years (45 years)
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1858 New Dundee
      Res: New Dundee
      Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob Cressman
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Susanna Snider
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 12 August 1903 (12 August 1903)
      Event Place: Chesterfield, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

    4. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 42.

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Jul 1856 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1903 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Aug 1903 - Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Link to Google Earth
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