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

Susannah Cressman

Female 1801 - 1840  (39 years)


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  • Name Susannah Cressman 
    Born 1801  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153600865 
    Name Susannah Wismer 
    Eby ID Number 00028-2046 
    Died 8 Sep 1840  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I22179  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Cressman,   b. 6 Mar 1774, , Limerick Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Longennecker,   b. 10 Aug 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F5347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johann "John" Wismer,   b. 2 Apr 1799, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 1822  [2
    Children 
     1. Wismer
     2. Jacob Wismer,   b. 23 Feb 1823, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1899, Tilden Township, Osborne Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Hannah Wismer,   b. 23 May 1825, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Abraham Wismer,   b. 29 Mar 1828, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1861, West Williams Twp, Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     5. Joseph Cressman Wismer,   b. 20 Apr 1829, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1914, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     6. Elizabeth Wismer,   b. 13 Mar 1831, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     7. Susannah Wismer,   b. 16 Aug 1833, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1922, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     8. John C. Wismer,   b. 11 Aug 1835, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1930  (Age 94 years)
     9. Henry Wismer,   b. 10 Jul 1837, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1925  (Age 87 years)
     10. Julia Esther Wismer,   b. 18 Mar 1840, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Susannah Cressman, "was born in 1801. She was married to John Wismer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 23rd, 1890. She died in 1838. To them was born a family of nine children"


      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • 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..., 474.

    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..., 666.

    3. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 18 Sep 1840:18.
      In Dumfries, Susanna Wissmer, wife of Johann Wissmer, nee Kressmann, died at the age of 40. 8 Sep 1840

    4. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.
      {in lilac bush} In / memory of / John Wismer / who died / July 24, 1890 / aged 91 yrs 3 mos & 22 dys / also his wife / Susanna Cressman / who died / Sept 6, 1840 / aged 37 years

    5. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.

    6. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 18 Sep 1840:18.
      In Dumfries, Susanna Wissmer, wife of Johann Wissmer, nee Kressmann, died at the age of 40. 8 Sep 1840

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1801 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Sep 1840 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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