Susannah Cressman^{[1, 2, 3]}

1857 - 1936  (79 years)

• Name	Susannah Cressman
  Born	25 Jul 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Susannah Devitt
  Residence	1875	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2081
  Died	27 Aug 1936	Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [10]
  Buried	West Zion Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta   [10]
  Person ID	I22287	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Cressman,   b. 27 Feb 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1906, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Woolner,   b. 13 May 1827, , Suffolk, England ,   d. 15 Aug 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1851	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 11]
  Family ID	F14081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John K. Devitt,   b. 9 Jun 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jan 1935, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 12]
  Children	1. Elsie Selina Devitt,   b. 3 Jan 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. Clarissa Leda Devitt,   b. 5 Dec 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1880  (Age 2 years)   3. Alice Adelia Devitt,   b. 16 Oct 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1976, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 96 years)   4. Bernice May Devitt,   b. 23 May 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   5. Magdalena Devitt,   b. 1890, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah Magdalena Devitt,   b. 28 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Edward L Devitt,   b. 4 Jan 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F3556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Susannah Cressman, "was born July 25th, 1857. She is married to John K. Devitt. They reside on the east end of lot No. 119, German Company's Tract, on the farm known as the old "David Clemens Farm". 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.]. _______________ Devitt.--Susannah Cressman was born in Ontario July 25, 1857; died at Didsbury, Alta., Aug. 27, 1936; aged 79 y. 1 m. 2 d. She was married to J. K. Devitt on March 2, 1875. To this union were born 1 son (J. Royden of Winsor, Ont.) and 4 daughters (Mrs. Elsie Yantz of Kitchener, Ont.; Mrs. Alice Grimm, High River, Alta.; Mrs. Bernice Harder, Didsbury, Alta.; Mrs. Lena Dreyfus, Detroit, Mich.). She is survived by her 5 children, 14 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church for about 50 years. Funeral services were conducted on Aug. 29. 1936, at Didsbury by F. Vinett and then at the West Zion church near Carstairs, Alta., by Isaac Miller and Abram Reist. Burial in the adjoining cemetery beside her husband. Gospel Herald, September 10, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.24 - page 527,528,529

  
  

• 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..., 533. [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..., 689. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Mar 1875. 02 Mar 1875 By Pastor S.L. Umbach in Berlin, John K. Devitt was married to Susanna Cressmann, both of Waterloo Township. [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..., 480. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 10. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 25 Household Number 107. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 25. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36579630/susannah-devitt. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Henry Cressman aged 26, occ. joiner, res. Waterloo married 4 Mar 1851 Greenbush by lic. to Sara Woolner aged 23, res Waterloo, wit. John B. Shirk - wagonmaker of Preston & Mary Bergey [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 28, 1935 - Obituary of John K. Devitt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Jul 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1875 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Mar 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Aug 1936 - Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Buried - - West Zion Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta  = Link to Google Earth