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Cress, Susannah {I2686} (b. JUN 1842, d. 06 JAN 1923)

Note: Unknown source states birthdate as 14 Nov 1840 or June 18,
1840

Note: Mother tongue listed as being GER DUTCH.

Source: (Name)
Title: 1900 Michigan Census
Abbreviation: 1900 Michigan Census

Source: (Individual)
Title: 1920 Michigan Census
Abbreviation: 1920 Michigan Census

Birth: JUN 1842 St. Jacobs, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada

Nickname: /Kreis/

Death: 06 JAN 1923 Michigan

Burial: AFT 06 JAN 1923 Caledonia Lakeview Cemetary, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan

Reference: 2686

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Bowman, Martha Joanna {I2687} (b. 22 NOV 1866, d. 07 MAY 1872)

Source: (Name)
Title: 1870 Michigan Census
Abbreviation: 1870 Michigan Census

Birth: 22 NOV 1866

Death: 07 MAY 1872 Michigan

Burial: Caledonia Lakeview Cemetery

Reference: 2687

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Cress, Jacob {I2688} (b. 1804, d. 1881)

Note: The origins of this Cress family is not clear. No written
records exist to show where they might have lived in Europe, or
when the first ancestors came to America.

In the early 1700s, it is known that a group of Mennonites, to
escape the persecutions in mainland Europe, did leave to live
in Limerick County, Ireland. There is some indication that
there was a Cress family amongst them.

Ezra Eby's book "A Biographical History of Waterloo Township"
1895/96 shows the earliest recorded Cress relative to be a
Simon Cress, born in Pennsylvania about the year 1764. This
would indicate that Simon's parents were the first generation
to reside in America.

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1900 Michigan Census
Abbreviation: 1900 Michigan Census

Birth: 1804 Maryland

Death: 1881 Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Reference: 2688

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Eby, Magdalina {I2689} (b. 06 NOV 1813, d. 30 JAN 1883)

Note: 1900 Michigan Census states she was born in Pennsylvania. 1920
Michigan Census states she was born in Canada.

Note: The Ebys belong to the Celts, an ancient race of Asiatic
origin, who inhabited the central parts of Europe, particularly
the north of Italy. Here they came into contact with the
Vaudois, who converted them to their faith. Between 1300 and
1320, the Ebys left Lombardy, Italy, crossed the Alps, to live
in Canton, Berne.

During the reformation they suffered the same persecutions as
the Protestants in Northern Europe. With the advent of Simon
Menno and the Mennonite faith in 1537, the Ebys were drawm into
the beliefs of Mennos' followers. In 1683, a Jacob Eby was
ordained as a bishop of the Mennonite faith at Canton, Zurich.
With the continuation of the various persecutions, the Eby's
moved again to the Palatinate in Germany. After a few years,
the state church again began to harass the Mennonites. At the
same time, William Penn had opened up colonization in
Pennsylvania. With the offer of free land these persecuted
people left mainland Europe for America in large numbers.
Among them was Theodorus Eby.

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1900 Michigan Census
Abbreviation: 1900 Michigan Census

Source: (Birth)
Title: The Cress Connection
Abbreviation: The Cress Connection
Author: William A. Schmidt
Publication: Oct 1, 1986

Birth: 06 NOV 1813 Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada

Death: 30 JAN 1883

Reference: 2689

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Cress, Barbara {I2690} (b. APR 1830, d. 06 AUG 1910)

Birth: APR 1830

Death: 06 AUG 1910

Reference: 2690

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Cress, John {I2691} (b. 1831, d. 1833)

Birth: 1831

Death: 1833

Reference: 2691

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Cress, Henry {I2692} (b. 21 AUG 1833)

Note: Henry Cress married and moved to Aurora, Illinois, USA in the
1870s. He is known to have had a son and daughter; he is also
known to have been in a business called Glaspie & Cress in
Aurora; however, contact was lost with this branch of the
family and his line is incomplete.

Birth: 21 AUG 1833

Event: Place: Aurora, Illinois
Note: Type: Lived in

Reference: 2692

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Cress, Peter {I2693} (b. 21 SEP 1835, d. 30 MAR 1910)

Note: No children.

Source: (Individual)
Title: Website
Abbreviation: Website

Birth: 21 SEP 1835 Ontario, Canada

Death: 30 MAR 1910

Burial: St. Jacobs, Ontario

Reference: 2693

Census: Date: 1871
Place: Woolwich, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada

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Cress, Elizabeth {I2694} (b. 1839, d. 24 MAR 1916)

Birth: 1839

Event: Place: Hanover, Ontario
Note: Type: Lived in

Death: 24 MAR 1916

Reference: 2694

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Cress, David {I2695} (b. 1842, d. 1844)

Birth: 1842

Death: 1844

Reference: 2695

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Cress, William {I2696} (b. 1843, d. 1843)

Birth: 1843

Death: 1843

Reference: 2696

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Cress, Veronica {I2697} (b. 1844, d. 25 MAY 1919)

Note: Their descendants are located in the Kitchener, Ontario area.

Birth: 1844

Death: 25 MAY 1919 Goderich, Ontario, Canada

Reference: 2697

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Cress, Nancy {I2698} (b. 1849, d. 1878)

Birth: 1849

Death: 1878 Never Married

Reference: 2698

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Cress, George {I2699} (b. 1850)

Birth: 1850

Event: Place: Caledonia, Michigan
Note: Type: Moved to

Reference: 2699

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David, John {I2700} (b. )

Note: John purchased his father-in-laws farm at St. Jacobs, held it
for four years, and then sold it, using the proceeds to buy a
larger plot of land at Port Elgin, Ontario.