Magdalena "Lena" Sherk^[1]

1825 - 1879  (54 years)

• Name	Magdalena "Lena" Sherk
  Born	1825	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [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   [5]
  Residence	1852	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34433
  Died	18 Jun 1879	Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I34433	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Sherk,   b. 19 Apr 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Sep 1874, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Break,   b. 3 Apr 1796, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Sep 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (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 ,   d. 29 Jul 1887, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	1842	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. John Anticknap,   b. 11 Nov 1844, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1928, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   2. Andrew Anticknap,   b. 1845, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Anticknap,   b. 1847, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Eliza Anticknap,   b. Oct 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Maria Anticknap,   b. 1856, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   6. George Frederick Anticknap,   b. 17 Sep 1857, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1881, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 23 years)   7. Magdalena Anticknap,   b. 15 Oct 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Reuben Anticknap,   b. 12 Mar 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jul 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F9135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 25. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 25. [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. [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. [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. [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

  Born - 1825 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1842 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1842 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Jun 1879 - Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth