Alvin K. Cressman^[1]

1881 - 1946  (65 years)

• Name	Alvin K. Cressman
  Born	12 Jan 1881	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21991042
  Name	A. K. Cressman
  Occupation	1905	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	bookkeeper
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Real Estate, Office
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1946	102 1/2, King St. S., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00028-2165.2
  Died	21 Nov 1946	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I83	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian Cressman,   b. 8 May 1856, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1942  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Margaret Kaercher,   b. 23 Nov 1858, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 93 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1879	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth McDougall,   b. 23 Nov 1883, Gadshill, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Mar 1905	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. William Garfield Cressman,   b. 29 Aug 1905, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jun 1977, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   2. Phyllis Marie Cressman
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F185692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WATERLOO'S NEW INSURANCE AGENCY Mr. A. K. Cressman, a Former Waterloo Boy Opens an Office. The Aetna of Canada, as Waterloo is rightly named has recently received back one of her old boys in the person of Mr. A. K. Cressman who about a month ago opened an insurance office on King St. Mr. Cressman will be readily recalled by most of Waterloo's citizens as having been engaged in newspaper work in that town a few years ago. Not being quite to his taste and rightly thinking that he could push on faster in a more congenial occupation he took up insurance three and a half years ago entering the employ of the well known Hamilton insurance man, Seneca Jones. A year later he became a partner in the firm and remained in this relation until he severed his connection's few weeks since. It will thus be seen that Mr. Cressman has had an excellent training and that risks can safely be entrusted to his care. He represents a number of first class fire companies and some of the best accident companies. Among the latter are those who issue the most modern policies known covering disability through any accident or disease. Plate glass insurance is also among his lines. In life insurance he represents the Mutual Life of Canada recognized as a leader among Canadian companies. Mr. Cressman confidently looks forward to securing a fair share of the business of the insuring public. The Berlin News Record, Wed, Dec 16, 1908 Page 12 _____________ A. K. Cressman Dies in Waterloo Alvin K. Cressman, 65, prominent Waterloo real estate and insurance. agency head for 35 years, died early today at his residence, 102½ King St. S., Waterloo, following a lengthy illness. Mr. Cressman also took an active part in Emmanuel Evangelical Church affairs, serving as secretary of the trustee board. He was former Sunday school superintendent for 15 years. A past president of Waterloo Board of Trade, he also served on Waterloo Public Utilities Commission at one time. Born at Bridgeport on Jan. 12, 1881, he was a son of Mrs. Margaret Cressman, who now resides in New Dundee, and the late Christian Cressman. In addition to his mother, there survive his wife, the former Elizabeth M. McDougall, a son, William Garfield Cressman, Waterloo; a daughter, Mrs. John (Phyllis Marie) Shannon, Waterloo; a brother, Ward Cressman, Toronto; two sisters, Mrs. Oliver Stoltz, Plattsville, and Mrs. Landreth Bingeman, New Dundee and two grandchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday with a private service at the home of his son. W. G. Cressman, 36 Menno St., Waterloo, at 2:30 p.m., followed by public service at Emmanuel Evangelical Church at 3 p.m. with Rev. G. F. Barthel officiating. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Remains will rest at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until 10. a.m. Friday when they will be removed to the home of his son. Kitchener Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Nov 21, 1946 Page 3

  
  

• 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..., 498. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 42 Page 7. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 19214 (1905), Cressman-McDougall. Alvin K. Cressman, 24, Bookkeeper, Waterloo Twp, Waterloo, son of Christian Cressman & Margaret Karcher married Elizabeth M. McDougall, 21, Gads Hill, Waterloo, daughter of William McDougall & Katie Wettlaufer, Witn: E.W. Schmitt & Margaret McDougall Both of Waterloo, 1 March 1905 in Waterloo [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Jan. 8 1880. Christian Cressmann and Margaretha Karcher, both of Blenheim, were married in Berlin by Pastor F. W. Turk. Dec. 25 1879 [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Name: Christian Cressman Age: 23 res: Blenheim Tp. Place of Birth: Blenheim Tp. Names of Parents: Abraham Cressman & Sussana Schneider Name: Margretha Karcher Age: 21 res: Blenheim Tp. Place of Birth: Belnheim Tp. Names of Parents: Michael Karcher & Mary Alleson Witness(S): : Ida Turk res: Berlin Witness(S): : Mary Schmitt res: Berlin Date of Marriage: Dec. 25, 1879

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jan 1881 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - bookkeeper - 1905 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Mar 1905 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Real Estate, Office - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Nov 1946 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth