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

Magdalena "Lena" Sherk[1]

Female 1825 - 1879  (54 years)


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  • Name Magdalena "Lena" Sherk 
    Born 1825  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Misfortune Murdered with an axe by husband George, who was declared insane at trial. 
    Name Magdalena "Lena" Anticknap 
    Residence 1842  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1852  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-34433 
    Died 18 Jun 1879  Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I34433  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Samuel Sherk,   b. 19 Apr 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1874, , Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Break,   b. 3 Apr 1796, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 20 Aug 1815  [6, 7
    Family ID F1380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Anticknap,   b. Jan 1818, Petworth, , Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1887, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 1842  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. John Anticknap,   b. 11 Nov 1844, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1928, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Andrew Anticknap,   b. 1845, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. William Anticknap,   b. 1847, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Eliza Anticknap,   b. Oct 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Maria Anticknap,   b. 1856, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     6. George Frederick Anticknap,   b. 17 Sep 1857, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1881, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     7. Magdalena Anticknap,   b. 15 Oct 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Reuben Anticknap,   b. 12 Mar 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F9135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library.

    2. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 25.

    3. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 25.

    4. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name:Magdalene Anterkauff
      Gender:Female
      Age:54
      Birth Date:abt 1825
      Birth Place:Co Waterloo Province, Ontario
      Death Date:18 Jun 1879
      Death Place:Village of Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
      Religion:Methodist Episcopal Church
      Wife of George Antihauffe
      Cause of Death:Killed by a blow from an axe supposed having been done by her husband.

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Frederick W. Bindemann. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush 31 Aug 1842 to 31 Aug 1843 report #25.
      George Anticknap, Farmer of Queens Bush, to Magdalena Scherck of Wilmot. Wit. Thomas Anticknap, Farmer, of Queens Bush and Jacob Scherck of Wilmot.

    6. [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..., 231.

    7. [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..., 295.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1825 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1842 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1842 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Jun 1879 - Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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