Mary Horlacher^[1]

1856 - 1945  (88 years)

• Name	Mary Horlacher
  Born	17 Oct 1856	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Cressman
  Residence	1871	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2140.1
  Died	1945	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  Person ID	I7	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Horlacher,   b. 1825, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Lutz,   b. 9 Dec 1838, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1917, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F5417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John C. Cressman,   b. 24 Oct 1851, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Feb 1908, High River, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1876	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 9]
  Children	1. Ida Cressman,   b. 18 Nov 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1973  (Age 95 years)   2. Lucy Jane Cressman,   b. 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mina Cressman,   b. 1879, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Nina Cressman,   b. 18 Jan 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ivan Cressman,   b. 4 Jan 1883, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jul 1936, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cressman. - Mary, widow of John C. Cressman, formerly of High River, Alta., was born Oct. 17, 1856; passed away at the home of her daughter, Kitchener, Ont.; aged 88 y. Surviving are one daughter (Ida - Mrs. Allan Chapman), 5 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Wellington and Frank Horlacher, Pigeon, Mich.), and one sister (Laura Horlacher, Long Beach, Calif.). One daughter (Nina - Mrs. J. A. Knoepfli) and one son (Ivan) preceded her in death. For more than a score of years she was a faithful member of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener. Services were held at the church, in charge of C. F. Derstine and Merle Shantz. Theme: "What Lies Over the Hill?" Text, Rev. 14: 13. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVIII, No . 22 - August 31, 1945, page 423

  
  

• 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..., 493. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011034-76. 011034-76 (Waterloo Co.) John CRESSMANN, 25, saddler, Wilmot Twp, New Dundee, s/o Samuel & Barbara married Mary HORLACHER, 18, Wilmot Twp, Blenheim Twp, d/o Henry & Elisabeth, witn Augusta BECK & Catharine SPRING of New Hamburg, 16 December 1876 in New Hamburg [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 19. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 31, 1945 - Obituary of Mary Cressman. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 30. [S2430] Census - Canada - 1871, Census Place: Blenheim, Oxford North, Ontario; Roll: C-9913; Page: 54; Family No: 189. [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..., 492.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Oct 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Dec 1876 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1945 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth