Barbara Groh^{[1, 2, 3]}

1784 - 1858  (74 years)

• Name	Barbara Groh
  Born	28 May 1784	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Barbara Scheirich
  Eby ID Number	00045-3404
  Died	28 Nov 1858	Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 8]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I1636	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael Groh,   b. 1757, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Sep 1804, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Witmer,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1779  [9]
  Family ID	F524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Scheirich,   b. 4 Aug 1787, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 3 Apr 1862, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Abt 1807  [5]
  Children	1. Catharine Scheirich,   b. 20 May 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 May 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)   2. Elizabeth Scheirich,   b. 1 May 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   3. Joseph Scheirich,   b. 8 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 11 years)   4. Anna Scheirich,   b. 25 Oct 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Mar 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   5. Susannah Scheirich,   b. 1 Apr 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1884, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   6. Magdalena Scheirich,   b. 17 Jun 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Mar 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   7. Samuel Scheirich,   b. 6 May 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   8. Esther Scheirich,   b. 18 May 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1845  (Age 19 years)   9. Veronica "Franny" Scheirich,   b. 6 Nov 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1848  (Age 21 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barbara Groh, "the third daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Witmer) Groh, was born May 28th, 1784. She was married to John Scheirich who came to Canada in 1805. They resided near Berlin, on the farm now possessed by George Histand. Their family consisted of several 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 796. [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..., 259. [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..., 278. [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..., 731. [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..., 225. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. To / the memory of / John Shiry / who died 3rd April / 1862 / (buried in cement, Burial Card: Mrs. John Shirey, Nov.28, 1858) [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 17. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201939045. [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..., 730.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 May 1784 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth