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

Elmina Woolner[1, 2]

Female 1881 - 1975  (94 years)


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  • Name Elmina Woolner 
    Born 2 Aug 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Elmina Cressman 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1910  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00024-1929.3 
    Died 3 Nov 1975  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I9278  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John S. Woolner,   b. 23 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Hannah Clemmer,   b. 24 Feb 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1878  [1
    Family ID F2697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Levi H. Cressman,   b. 15 Jun 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1947, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 12 Jan 1910  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Children 
     1. Luanna Cressman,   b. 11 Nov 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Aleda Cressman,   b. 25 Dec 1914,   d. 6 Jan 2018, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 103 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F12525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cressman, Elmina (Woolner), died at Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge, Ont., Nov. 3, 1975; aged 94 y. She was preceded in death by her husband (Levi Cressman) and a brother and two sisters. She is survived by a son (Earl), and 5 daughters (Luanna - Mrs. Henry Wismer, Aleda - Mrs. Kenneth Cassel, Naomi, Erma, and Ruth - Mrs. Edward Thomas), 2 brothers (Nelson and Vernon), 16 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, where funeral services were held on Nov. 6, in charge of Robert N. Johnson; interment in church cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - Vol. 68, No. 48 - December 16, 1975, p. 904, 905

  • 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..., 451.

    2. [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..., 687.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7.

    5. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 8.

    6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 16, 1975 - Obituary of Elmina Cressman.

    7. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 16.

    8. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21731 (1910), Cressman-Woolner.
      Levi U. Cressman, 35, Farmer, of Waterloo Twp, Son of Cyrus Cressman & Mary Horst Married Elmina Woolner, 28, of Waterloo Twp, daughter of John Woolner & Hannah Clemmer, Witn: John Frey & Irene Clemmer Both of Bridgeport, 12 January 1910 In Waterloo

    9. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 13, 1947 - Obituary of Levi Cressman.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Aug 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jan 1910 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Nov 1975 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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