John Shiry

1868 - 1938  (70 years)

• Name	John Shiry
  Born	28 Jan 1868	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38532723
  Name	John Scheirich  [7]
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Labourer
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Plumber, Retail
  Residence	1921	48 Irvin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	00100-5580
  Died	14 Nov 1938	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I10523	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Scheirich,   b. 9 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1895  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Susannah Snyder,   b. 18 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1894  (Age 64 years)
  Married	14 May 1850	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Ellen Shantz,   b. 12 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1890	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Kenneth Osborne Shiry,   b. 27 Dec 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Oct 1946  (Age 53 years)   2. Earl Clare Shiry,   b. 7 Nov 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   3. Laura K. Shiry,   b. 16 Apr 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1976  (Age 78 years)   4. Lloyd Carson Scherich,   b. 27 Apr 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ellen Shiry,   b. Jan 1905, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Scheirich, "was born January 28th, 1868. He is married to Barbara Shantz. They reside in Berlin and have a family of one son named Kenneth O." 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 228. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/ Ville) A-7 Page 6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012168-90. John SHEIRICH, 22, farmer, Canada, Waterloo, s/o Samuel & Susannah married Barbara SHANTZ, 18, Canada, Waterloo, d/o Abraham & Catherine, witn Wm. J. & illegible Nancy BOWMAN of Berlin, 23 December 1890 in Berlin. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 67. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 15. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 28 Page 15. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Earl C. Shiry. [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. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 333. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Samuel Shiry aged 24 farmer of Waterloo married 14 May 1850 at Greenbush by banns to Susaanna Schneider aged 21 of Waterloo. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 51.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Jan 1868 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Dec 1890 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Plumber, Retail - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Nov 1938 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth