TY - JOUR KW - Settlers Pennsylvania KW - Mennonites KW - Biographies KW - Settlers Pioneer KW - Cress Simon KW - Cress Ephraim KW - Cress Jacob KW - Cress Catharine KW - Bricker Elizabeth Cress KW - Hewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha) KW - Eby Magdalena KW - Cress Susan McMahon KW - Brech Widow KW - Schneider Joseph KW - Schneider Christian KW - Erb Abraham KW - Erb Jacob KW - Erb John KW - Beatty Mary Cress KW - St Jacobs KW - Woolwich Township KW - Germany Company AU - William Schmidt AB - 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. BT - Waterloo Historical Society C1 - 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 C2 - German Company C3 - St Jacobs; Woolwich Tp C4 - 1819-1852 C7 - English(30) DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 3877 LA - English LB - DSCRE M1 - Journal Article M3 - Print(0) N1 - ID -: j-0497 PY - 1983 SP - 4 EP - 6. ill. EP - T1 - Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area T2 - Waterloo Historical Society VL - 71 ER -