Clinton Souder Cresse

Brief Life History of Clinton Souder

When Clinton Souder Cresse was born on 16 September 1848, in Middle Township, Cape May, New Jersey, United States, his father, Israel Cresse, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Sloan, was 30. He married Narcissa Ermina Stone on 4 October 1870, in Middle Township, Cape May, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mayville, Middle Township, Cape May, New Jersey, United States in 1915 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 29 January 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clinton Souder Cresse
1848–1932
Narcissa Ermina Stone
1843–1913
Marriage: 4 October 1870
Lydia Stone Cresse
1872–1936
Samuel Mattison Cresse
1878–1948
George Wadsworth Cresse
1883–1971
Sara Winifred Cresse
1885–1991
Harriette Ermina Cresse
1887–1924

Sources (23)

  • Clinton Cresse, "United States, Census, 1930"
  • Clinton Souder Cresse, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Clinton S Cresse, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"

World Events (8)

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Middle Township, Cape May, New Jersey

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Herta, Kurt, Mathias, Wolfgang.

German: variant of Kress .

Germanized form of Slovenian Krese: nickname from a derivative of kresiti ‘to make bonfire’ or kres ‘bonfire’, or from a derivative of kresati ‘to strike fire’. In part, Kresse is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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