Agnes Break^[1]

1837 - 1902  (65 years)

• Name	Agnes Break
  Born	1837	, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	United Bretheren
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  House of Industry and Refuge	1902
  		HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.JPG The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.
  Name	Agnes Brage
  Name	Agnes Scheirich
  Eby ID Number	00100-5572.1
  Died	20 Oct 1902	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I10502	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Break,   b. CA 1807, of, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Clara Wilcott,   b. CA 1807, of, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F53069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Scheirich,   b. 23 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1891, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Philip Shiry,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Scherich,   b. 1872, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Ann Shiry,   b. 9 May 1872, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)   4. John Scherich,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nancy Jane "Jennie" Shiry,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 227. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . [eroded] In memory of / John Scheirich / died / Oct. 23, 18(91) / aged (69) years / his wife Agnes / died Oct. 20, 1902 / aged 63 years [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 45. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John Shiry, 47, res. Waterloo Co, b. Canada, son of David and Betsy (Ringler), married 14 Sept 1868 Agnes Brake, 3?, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, daughter of Joseph and Clara (Wilcott) [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 5.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1837 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1868 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Sep 1868 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheren - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Oct 1902 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth