Amelia Cressman

1872 - 1940  (67 years)

• Name	Amelia Cressman
  Born	3 Oct 1872	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Amelia Kellsey
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-76667
  Died	12 Sep 1940	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I76667	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John S. Cressman,   b. 22 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1903, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Shantz,   b. 15 Apr 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1894, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Jacob Grody,   b. 1842, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1928, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina Wilke,   b. 1851, Of, Nithburg, Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 1930  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F279515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Kellsey,   b. 2 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Oct 1937, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	17 Jan 1889	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Mazie Kellsey,   b. 9 Mar 1891, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1983, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   2. Clara Kellsey,   b. 20 Apr 1893, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1975  (Age 81 years)   3. Pearl Kellsey,   b. 3 Mar 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   4. Maurice Victor Kellsey,   b. Apr 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Harry Stanley "Stanley" Kellsey,   b. 29 Feb 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Howard Kellsey,   b. Mar 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Roy Cecil Kellsey,   b. 8 Nov 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F20042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Amelia Kellsey (By Chronicle Correspondent) NEW DUNDEE.-Amelia, widow of the late James Kellsey, died at her home in New Dundee, Wednesday, in her 69th year. She had been ill for some time. Married in 1889, Mr. and Mrs. Kellsey moved to a farm near Wilmot Centre where they lived until 1925, when they retired and moved to New Dundee, where Mr. Kellsey died in October 1937. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Eden Kinzie and Mrs. Pearl Grody of Kitchener and Mazie, and four sons, Maurice of Waterloo, Stanley of Didsbury, Alberta, Howard of Kitchener and Cecil at home, also seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and one brother, John Grody of Kitchener. Mrs. Kellsey was a active member of Bethel M.B.C. Church at New Dundee and took a great interest in all its activities. Funeral services will be held from her late residence at 2.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, followed by services at the New Dundee M.B.C. Church at 3 o'clock, with interment in New Dundee Union Cemetery. The pastor, Rev. S. S. Shantz will be in charge. Waterloo Chronicle, 13 Sep 1940, p. 6

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 8. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 13. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. NameAmelia Kellsey [Amelia Cressman] GenderFemale Age68 Birth Date11 Oct 1872 Birth PlaceOntario Death Date12 Sep 1940 Death PlaceNew Dundee, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada FatherJohn Cressman MotherMary Shantz Buried: New Dundee [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..., 498. [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..., 436. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. John KRESSMAN, of Waterloo, to Mary SHANTZ, of North Dumfries. 16 Nov. 1852. Rev. SHANTZ. Wit. Abraham KRESSMAN and Peter SHANTZ [S2508] Ancestry Public Member Trees.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Oct 1872 - , Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Jan 1889 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Sep 1940 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth