Alda Leona Snider

1895 - 1969  (73 years)

• Name	Alda Leona Snider
  Born	19 Feb 1895	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
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  Name	Alda Leona Cressman
  Residence	1911	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	United Brethern
  Residence	1921	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-69827
  Died	9 Feb 1969	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I69827	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William S. Snider,   b. 22 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Nov 1937, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Susannah S. Snyder,   b. 13 Aug 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Mar 1939, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1884	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ivan Cressman,   b. 21 Dec 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1919  [2]
  Children	1. Willis Cressman,   b. 9 Sep 1921,   d. 18 Apr 2008, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 86 years)   2. Glennys Doreen Cressman,   b. 21 Aug 1923,   d. 25 Oct 2006, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   3. Helen Kathleen Cressman,   b. 16 Mar 1926,   d. 6 Aug 2016, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   4. Maynard James Cressman   5. Esther Idella Cressman,   b. 5 Jul 1929, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1986, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   6. Rev. David William Cressman,   b. 15 Jun 1933, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 2017, Scottdale, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F18626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cressman, Alda Leona, daughter of William and Susanna (Snyder) Snider, was born Feb. 19, 1895; died at Bridgeport, Ont., of a heart attack, Feb. 9, 1969; aged 73 y. 11 m. 21 d. On Feb. 10, 1919, she was married to Ivan Cressman, who died Aug. --, 1962. Surviving are 6 children (Willis, Glennys, Helen - Mrs. Irvin Brubacher, Maynard, Esther - Mrs. Neil Steinman, and David), 10 grandchildren, one sister (Mrs. Ina Hackborn), and 2 brothers (Ferman and Clayton). She was a member of the Bloomingdale Church, where funeral services were held Feb. 12, with Laurence Martin officiating. Gospel Herald - Volume LXII, Number 17 - April 29, 1969 - pages 395, 396 __________________ Mrs. Ivan Cressman Mrs. Ivan Cressman of Bloomingdale. mother of Mrs. Neil (Esther) Steinman of Bright, died last Sunday at the home of another daughter living in Bridgeport, Mrs. Irvin Brubacher. She was 73. She was a widow of the late Ivan Cressman, for many years a Breslau area farmer. The former Alda Snider, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Snider, she was born in Bloomingdale Feb. 19, 1895, and lived in the community all her life. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Laurence Martin at Bloomingdale Mennonite Church last Wednesday, with burial in the Bloomingdale cemetery. Note: The edition of the paper dated February 21 should actually have been dated February 19. New Hamburg Independent, February 21, 1969

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 29, 1969 - Obituary of Alda L. Snider. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 7. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, BloomingdalePage 4. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. Cressman/ Ivan Cressman/ 1893-1962/ His/ Wife/ Alda L. Snider/ 1895-1969/ Daughter/ Glennys Cressman/ 1923-2006/ In His Will is our Peace [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..., 311. [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..., 333.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Feb 1895 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethern - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart attack - 9 Feb 1969 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth