Magdalena Break

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Sherk
• Eby ID Number: 00014-1169
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

Notes:

Magdalena Break, "was born April 3rd, 1796. On August 20th, 1815, she was married to Samuel Sherk. He was born April 19th, 1792. They resided about two miles south of Breslau, Ontario, where she died September 8th, 1862. In 1866 he moved to Kent County, Michigan, near Caledonia, where he died September 17th 1874. To them was born a family of ten children"


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

Magdalena married Samuel Sherk 20 Aug 1815. Samuel (son of John Schoerg and Elizabeth Betzner) was born 19 Apr 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; died 17 Sep 1874, , Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Sherk was born 15 May 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1891; was buried , Grace United Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford Co., Ontario.
2. Eli Sherk was born 20 Oct 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1868, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
3. Levi Sherk was born 23 Nov 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1886.
4. Rev. Samuel S. Sherk was born 3 Nov 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Magdalena "Lena" Sherk was born 1825, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1879, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario.
6. Adam Sherk was born 4 Feb 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. John Sherk was born 1 May 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jul 1851; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
8. Amos Sherk was born 19 Jun 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Rev. Abraham Break Sherk was born 6 May 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1916, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario.
10. Rev. David B. Sherk was born 29 Nov 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1909, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
11. Rev. Christian Sherk was born 1 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00014-1166

Notes:

John Brech, "was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1759, and was married to Catharine Schõrg. They resided in Dauphine County, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming until his death which took place about the year 1802.(Mrs. Samuel Eby related to the writer that she was about 13 years of age when her father died.) In 1806 the widow with her family of four children moved, with others, to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, at the present village of Blair, where she resided for some time. Later the family settled on the farm now owned by Gideon Break, a mile south of Breslau. To John and Catharine (Schõrg) Brech were born four children, namely:"


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.].

John — Magdalene Schörg. Magdalene was born Abt 1760, Of, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania; died , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Catharine Sherk (Schõrg)
• Name: Magdalene Brech
• Eby ID Number: 00014-1166.1
• Land: Bef 1831, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Ezra Eby reported that her name was Catherine Schörg, others report Magdalena Schörg.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00014-1165

Notes:

Hannes Brech, "the ancestor of the family in this country, was a native of Switzerland and emigrated to this country at a very early date. He was of Mennonite ancestry, and in order to escape the threatened destruction of their party in Europe, he, with others, selected Pennsylvania as their place of refuge. Tradition has it that the old ancestor emigrated to America about the year 1751 and settled in what is now Dauphin(From the late Mrs. Samuel Eby, a grand-child of the old ancestor)County, Pennsylvania, where he died, probably in 1780. It is impossible at so late a date to ascertain the names of all their children, however, we know of two, a daughter named II Elizabeth, married to one named Betzner, who never resided in Canada, neither is there anything known of their descendants; and a son named II John."


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.].