Catherine Sherk^[1]

1826 - 1911  (85 years)

• Name	Catherine Sherk
  Born	1 Apr 1826	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catherine Witmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tunker
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Dunker
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Dunker
  Eby ID Number	00101-5632
  Died	25 Jul 1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Cause: Old Age with Heart Failure
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I387225	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Sherk,   b. 18 Aug 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1834, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Hannah Bechtel,   b. 24 Oct 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1874  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Witmer,   b. 11 Jul 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  alt. marriage	24 May 1852
  Married	24 Aug 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9, 11, 12]
  Children	1. Emanuel Witmer,   b. 26 Mar 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Eliza Witmer,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth "Eliza" Witmer,   b. 6 Aug 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jul 1888, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   4. Mary Witmer,   b. 7 Jun 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jun 1932, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   5. Jacob S. Witmer,   b. 10 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1927, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  (Age 73 years)   6. Susannah "Susan" Witmer,   b. 15 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Aug 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   7. Joseph S. Witmer,   b. 18 May 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 16 years)   8. Aaron S. Witmer,   b. 15 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1954  (Age 92 years)   9. Dilman Witmer,   b. 17 Jun 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F262094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Sherk, "was born April 1st, 1826. She is married to Joseph Witmer and resides in Hespeler. "1a 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..., 215. [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..., 237. [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..., 679. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 3. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 15. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 12. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 22. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. Catherine SHERK/ wife of/ Joseph WITMER/ died/ July 25, 1911/ aged 85 years 3 mos./ & 24 dys./ Safe in the arms of Jesus/ Safe on His gentle breast/ There by his love (o'er) shaded/ My soul doth sweetly rest/ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 031069 (1911). Name:Catherine Witmer Gender:Female Age:85 Birth Date:abt 1826 Birth Place:Waterloo County, Ontario Death Date:25 Jul 1911 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Joseph Witmer, joiner of Waterloo Twp. married 24 Aug 1852 at Greenbush by license to Catharine Scherk. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. 1

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Apr 1826 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Aug 1852 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunker - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunker - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Old Age with Heart Failure - 25 Jul 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth