Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Family: Rev. Abraham Break Sherk / Rebecca Gonder (F1391)

m. 22 Jun 1859


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  • Rev. Abraham Break SherkFather | Male
    Rev. Abraham Break Sherk

    Born  6 May 1832  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Nov 1916  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  22 Jun 1859  [1, 2]  , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Samuel Sherk | F1380 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Magdalena Break | F1380 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Rebecca Gonder

    Born  7 May 1828  Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Apr 1915  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 1 | Male
    Asaph Elihn Sherk

    Born  24 Jul 1859  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Mar 1925   
    Buried    Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth Sherk | F7786 
    Married  20 Jun 1886  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Michael Gonder Sherk

    Born  1862  Of, East Ashford, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Jan 1927  East York Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Sarah Hannah "Sadie" Sherk

    Born  1862  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Apr 1893  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Daughter Sherk

    Born  Abt 1866  Of, East Ashford, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S39] Book - Fourth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, pg 35.
      "It was in the Niagara district he became acquainted with Rebekah Gonder, daughter of the late M. D. Gonder, a U. E. L. descendant who lived on the homestead on the Niagara river, eight miles above the Falls which his grandfather had located in 1796. He was married to my mother in 1859."

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109593483.