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

Florence Ruth Shirk

Female 1903 - 1995  (~ 91 years)


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  • Name Florence Ruth Shirk 
    Born Aug 1903  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Florence Ruth Merkely 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    United Bretheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-191312 
    Died 1995 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I191312  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Lehman Shirk,   b. 20 Dec 1860, Canarvon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1928, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Kraft,   b. 19 Dec 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1925, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 10 Jun 1885  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Family ID F1449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Leonard Merkely,   d. 1991 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F45683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 47 Pg. 9.

    2. [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..., 865.

    3. [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..., 244.

    4. [S2224] Berliner Journal Marriages 1885, 25 Jun 1885.
      10 Jun 1885 Magdalena Kraft of Waterloo and Lehmann Scherch of Bridgeport were married by Preacher Dierlamm in Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Aug 1903 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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