Rebecca Gonder^[1]

1828 - 1915  (86 years)

• Name	Rebecca Gonder
  Born	7 May 1828	Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Rebecca Sherk
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	United Brethern
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Brethren
  Eby ID Number	00101-5606.1
  Died	27 Apr 1915	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I4382	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Rev. Abraham Break Sherk,   b. 6 May 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Nov 1916, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1859	, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Asaph Elihn Sherk,   b. 24 Jul 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1925  (Age 65 years)   2. Michael Gonder Sherk,   b. 1862, Of, East Ashford, New York ,   d. 23 Jan 1927, East York Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   3. Sarah Hannah "Sadie" Sherk,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1893, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)   4. Daughter Sherk,   b. Abt 1866, Of, East Ashford, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F1391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 233. [S39] Book - Fourth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, pg 35. "After moving to the United States he preached for several years for the U. B. Church and then joined the Congregational Church and was pastor of churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York States until 1897 when he came to Toronto to live near his two sons, A. E. and M. G. Sherk, and on account of the advanced age of his wife who was 4 1/2 years his senior and who pre-deceased him 1 year and 7 months." [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 4 Page 35. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 33. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109593483. [S39] Book - Fourth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, pg 35. "It was in the Niagara district he became acquainted with Rebekah Gonder, daughter of the late M. D. Gonder, a U. E. L. descendant who lived on the homestead on the Niagara river, eight miles above the Falls which his grandfather had located in 1796. He was married to my mother in 1859."

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 22 Jun 1859 - , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethern - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Apr 1915 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth