Noah H. Cressman

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• Eby ID Number: 00028-2086.2
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Poultry Man
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Noah Cressman," born January 24th, 1873."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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Cressman, -- Noah H., Breslau, Ont., eldest son of Cyrus and Mary (Horst) Cressman, was born Jan. 24, 1873, and departed this life July 20, 1953; aged 80 y. 5 m. 25 d. On Oct. 23, 1900, he was united in marriage to Catherine Brubacher who predeceased him on June 23, 1945. He was born at Natchez, near Kitchener, Ont., where he resided until after his marriage, then farmed near Breslau, Ont., from 1908 to 1920, when he and the family moved to the village of Breslau. Here he operated a flour mill and served as postmaster. He accepted Christ in his youth during the early days of evangelistic fervor in Ontario, and was a member of the Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, Ont. Bro. Cressman was well and active until a few days before his death which took place at the home of his daughter Ruby, New Hamburg, Ont., where he had resided for the last 5 months. Surviving are 3 sons (Aylmer, Toronto, Ont.; Eben, Preston, Ont.; and Cecil, Kitchener, Ont.), 2 daughters (Ella, Kitchener, Ont.; and Ruby;Mrs. Oliver Shantz, New Hamburg, Ont.), one brother (Allan, Guernsey, Sask.), one sister (Maryann;Mrs. Lloyd Shantz, Didsbury, Alta.), and 7 grandchildren. He was predeceased by two infant sons and by a son (Mervin), who died in 1933, also by 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Funeral services were conducted at the Cressman Mennonite Church by Oscar Burkholder, assisted by Carl Rudy. Interment took place in the First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Ont.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVII , Number 33 - August 18, 1953 --- page 798

Noah married Catharine Brubacher 23 Oct 1900. Catharine (daughter of Rev. David M. Brubacher and Catharine Beechy) was born 10 Jun 1879, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jun 1945; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25253

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CRESSMAN.-On the 6th of October, near Berlin, Ontario, of convulsions caused by teething, David Elden, infant son of Noah and Katie Cressman, aged 1 Y., 1 M., 14 D. Buried on the 8th. The sweet little voice is hushed, the bright little eyes are closed and the dear little form is still, in death, but the soul has gone unto God who gave it, there to await the coming of the dear ones that have been left to battle a while longer. May God comfort the bereaved parents


Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIX, No. 21, November 1, 1902, page 335



CRESSMAN.-On October 6, 1902, near Breslau, Ont., David Elton Cressman, only son of Noah and Catherine Cressman, aged 1 Y., 1 M., 14 D. A life of short duration. This little flower has been plucked to bloom in heaven. Buried in the C. Eby cemetery. Funeral services at the house by I. S. Wambold and at the meeting house by Enoch S. Bowman in German. Text, Psa. 103; 15, 16. In English by J. S. Woolner. Text 2 Kings 4: 26-"Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with thy child? And she answered, It is well." Peace to his ashes.


Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIX, No. 21, November 1, 1902, page 335

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204331
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Aylmer — Olive Irene E. Seibert. Olive (daughter of Albrey H. Seibert and Emma Bender) was born 30 Jan 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1987; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204333
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Ruby Catherine Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204334
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1964, 721 East Ave, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Shantz, Ruby Catharine Cressman, 87, Cambridge, Ont. Born: July 29, 1910, Breslau, Ont., to Noah and Catharine Brubacher Cressman. Died: Nov. 21, 1997, Cambridge, Ont. Survivors-sons: John, Robert; brothers: Eben, Cecil; 6 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren. Predeceased by: Oliver Shantz (husband). Funeral and burial: Nov. 26, First Mennonite Church, by Rudy Baergen.

Gospel Herald - Volume 90, Number 51 - January 6, 1998 - - page 14

Ruby married Oliver Shantz 14 Sep 1937. Oliver (son of William R. Shantz and Veronica Shantz) was born 2 Sep 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-387122
• Residence: 1987, 20 Noel Cres., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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CRESSMAN, Eben Calvin - Passed away, peacefully, surrounded by his family on Wed., Nov. 14, 2001, at Fairview Mennonite Home, in Cambridge, age 89 years.

Mr. Cressman was a lifelong member of Wanner Mennonite church and very active in numerous church organizations. He retired as a public school principal from Alexandra and Elizabeth Ziegler Public Schools. Following his retirement, Mr. Cressman was in the Teacher Abroad Program in Zambia, Africa, sponsored by the Mennonite Central Committee. He was an avid gardener in his spare time and was active with the Canadian Bible Society and Mennonite Historical Society.

Loving father of Marnie Derksen and her husband Erv of Kitchener, Paul Cressman and his wife Sharon of Waterloo. Special grandfather to Cathy and her husband Brad Kueneman, Chris Derksen and his wife Heather Holden, Kate, Joel and Alex Cressman. Also survived by a sister-in-law, Violet Cressman of Waterloo.

Predeceased by his wife, Margaret (White); sisters, Ella Cressman, Ruby Shantz and brothers, Aylmer and Cecil Cressman...Wanner Mennonite Cemetery..."

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"Teachers in rural one or two-room schools had to prepare lessons in their own time. Reflecting in June 1944 on his first ten years in the same school (Riverbank), Eben Cressman reported 'hundreds of 14-hour days grappling with the numerous duties of a rural school teacher' and the problems of 'handling many children daily and the lack of wisdom in handling discipline...In a room in which five grades are taught at one time it is a gigantic task to learn all the subject material and the best way to teach it'.....School sections differed in the levels of equipment and support provided to teachers. Eben Cressman remembers desperate shortages at Riverbank in the 1930s when 'there was no money for anything'......Eben Cressman remembers no delinquency in his 20 years as a teacher (or his earlier eight years as a pupil) in township schools."

Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries" (Pg. 331)

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Eben Cressman, born in 1912, had three years' high school. Then, to give his sister her chance, he worked at the family's chopping and grist mill in Breslau until he was 21. He attended the Hamilton Normal School to qualify as a teacher and later studied for a B.A. degree while teaching at Riverbank school."

Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries" (Pg. 337)

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"Area schoolboards allowed resources to be shared to enrich the rural curriculum. One of the first actions of the Area 1 Board (ie: 7 schools east of the Grand River) in 1944 was to appoint Eben Cressman as itinerant teacher in agricultural and natural science, manual crafts, construction work and physical education for all the Area 1 schools. With ten years' teaching experience already at Riverbank, he was sensitive to the needs of rural children and families and highly creative and conscientious. He called himself 'a jack of all trades' while former inspector Dobrindt, recalling this period in 1994, describes Cressman's role as 'almost an acting principal to the whole area'. Cressman was responsible for an area of about 25 square miles with 350 pupils in four suburban or village schools and five rural one-room schools. He spent half a day each week at each of the nine schools, and the remaining half day at a disused room at Riverbank school preparing his teaching and learning materials such as patterns, pictures, charts and puzzles. When he arrived at a school he would take charge of grades 5 to 8 for science until recess time. After inspecting work set the previous week, he would teach the agriculture lesson to Grades 7 and 8 and then the natural science lesson to grades 5and 6. After recess came the crafts period. In a one-room school, the grade 5 to 8 pupils would go to the basement for woodwork, and the regular teacher would present the science lesson Eben had prepared to grades 3 and 4 for half the period, then give a paper construction lesson. In a two-room school, Cressman would take the boys of grades 5 to8 to the basement while one regular teacher took the girls of those grades for crafts or domestic science and the other teacher taught the science and construction lessons to grades 3 and 4. Craft lessons were very popular with the children making objects to take home as well as useful items for the schoolroom. Physical education lessons were squeezed into recesses and designed in the form of games of all kinds to give children ideas for their own free time. Eben Cressman

Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries" (Pg. 340)

Eben married Margaret Emily Georgina White 28 Jun 1941. Margaret (daughter of Shadrach James Christopher "Christopher" White and Margaret Stewart) was born 13 Aug 1914, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Dec 1987, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226381
• Misfortune: 1933; killed by train - accident

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CRESSMAN - Mervin N. Cressman was born near Breslau, Ont. March 30, 1914 and was instantly killed by a fast train near his home on the evening of Dec. 21, 1933, aged 19 yrs, 8 mos, 21days. He accepted Christ in his early youth and was baptized and received into the Cressman Mennonite Church July 12, 1925. He lived an exemplary Christian life, taking an active part in Church work. His quiet, pleasant personality endeared him to all who knew him. Surviving him are his grief-stricken parents, 3 brothers (Aylmer, Eben and Cecil),2 sisters (Ella and Ruby), besides a large circle of relatives and friends. Funeral services held Dec. 14 at the First Mennonite Church in Kitchener and burial in adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald, Jan. 1934

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89407

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Cressman.- Cecil, 82, Waterloo, Ont., died March 20. Spouse: Violet Francis Cressman. Parents: Noah and Catharine Brubacher Cressman (deceased). Other survivors: children Doug, Rob; two grandchildren. Funeral: March 23 at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont.

The Mennonite, April 18, 2000, pages 16-17, Vol. 3, No. 15.

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CRESSMAN, Cecil - At A.R. Goudie Eventide Home, in Kitchener, on Mon. March 20, 2000. Cec was in his 83rd year. Beloved husband of Violet Francis; dear father of Doug and Nan of Sault Ste Marie and Rob of Kitchener. He is lovingly remembered by two grandchildren, Sarah and Paul. Brother of Eben Cressman of Cambridge. He was predeceased by a son Jim in 1961; his parents, Catharine Brubacher and Noah Cressman; two brothers, Aylmer and Mervin Cressman and two sisters, Ruby Shantz and Ella Cressman. Cec owned and operated Sunshine Motors Ltd. in Waterloo. After his retirement from Sunshine, Cec and Vi managed Chesley lake Mennonite Camp and then operated Cressman Guest House. He was a member of First Mennonite Church in Kitchener....First Mennonite Cemetery....

The Record 20 Mar 2000

Cecil — Violet "Vi" Francis. Violet (daughter of John William Francis and Eva Baer) was born 2 Jun 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Oct 2016, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Cecil married Gertrude McFatridge 23 Nov 1940. Gertrude was born May 1912, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226382

Paul — Anne Marie Toman. (daughter of Willard Hedley Toman and Wanda Weber) [Group Sheet]

Douglas — Nancy Snyder. (daughter of Frederick Douglas Snyder and Lorraine Voelker) [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-100546
• Misfortune: 1961; killed in automobile accident

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Gospel Herald - Volume LIV, Number 31 - August 8, 1961, page 702, 703, 704Cressman, Cecil James, son of Cecil and Gertrude (McFatridge) Cressman, was born at Kitchener, Ont., Feb. 1, 1942; died at Port Carling, Ont., in an automobile accident, July 22, 1961; aged 19 y. 5 m. 21 d. His mother died in 1945. Surviving are his father, stepmother, and 2 brothers (Douglas and Robert). He was a member of the first Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held July 24, in charge of C. F. Derstine and Edgar Metzler.

Gospel Herald - Volume LIV, Number 31 - August 8, 1961, page 702, 703, 704