@article{894,
  keywords = {Settlers  Pennsylvania, Mennonites, Biographies, Settlers  Pioneer, Cress  Simon, Cress  Ephraim, Cress  Jacob, Cress  Catharine, Bricker  Elizabeth Cress, Hewitt  Rachel Cress (m. Elisha), Eby  Magdalena, Cress  Susan McMahon, Brech  Widow, Schneider  Joseph, Schneider  Christian, Erb  Abraham, Erb  Jacob, Erb  John, Beatty  Mary Cress, St Jacobs, Woolwich Township, Germany Company},
  author = {William Schmidt},
  title = {Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area},
  abstract = {A brief account of Cress who bought Lot 7 in Woolwich Township in 1819 from John Erb. The article provides information on the exact location of the homestead as well as biographical details of Simon's immediate family.},
  year = {1983},
  journal = {Waterloo Historical Society},
  volume = {71},
  number = {Journal Article},
  pages = {4-6. ill., },
  note = {ID -: j-0497},
  language = {English},
}