Dr. Frederick Hersey Sherk

1873 - 1947  (73 years)

• Name	Frederick Hersey Sherk
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	8 Oct 1873	, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
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  Name	Frederick Hershey Scherk
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Minister
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1892	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	physician
  Eby ID Number	00101-5608
  Died	14 Jan 1947	Hensall, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint Johns Norway Cemetery and Crematorium, The Beaches, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4389	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. David B. Sherk,   b. 29 Nov 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1909, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Sarah Hershey,   b. 1837, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie May Cunningham,   b. 1869, Meaford, St. Vincent Twp., Grey Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Feb 1892	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Frederick H. Sherk, "a native of Ontario, spent his boyhood in attending the public school. When pretty well up in his "teens" he passed the teachers' examination and spent several years in teaching in this county. In 1887 he entered the Toronto University and Medical College where he studied medicine. After having taken four full terms, he graduated and received his degree of M.D. and is now practicing at Sault St. Marie, Algoma, Ontario. He is married to May Cunningham." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________ SCHERK, FREDERICK H. spent several years teaching school in the county before entering the University of Toronto Medical School. He graduated in l890, and his card was in the Berliner Journal on November 13. Dr. F. H. Scherk, Graduate of the University of Toronto, and licentiate of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario. Office on Peter Street by the watertower. His card appeared until May 28, 1891, and by 1903 the University of Toronto Monthly said he was in Campbellford. According the Eby's History of Waterloo Township, he practised at Sault Ste. Marie in 1895. On January l4, 1947 He died at his home in Hensall. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986 ______________ SCHERK, Dr. Frederick H., M.D. - Suddenly, at his residence in Hensall, Ont on Tuesday evening, Jan. 14. 1947, Dr. Frederick H. Scherk, beloved husband of Olive Kathleen McCool. Hensall, Ont. (formerly of 67 Balsam Ave., Toronto). member of St. Aidan's Lodge. No. 567, A.F. & A.M. Resting at the William Sherrin Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Rd., Toronto, from 9 o'clcok Thursday evening. Funeral service in the chapel on Friday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery, Norway. The Toronto Star Fri, Jan 17, 1947 ·Page 32

  
  

• 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..., 234. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Fred Hershey Scherk Born: Welland Co. Ont Age: 28 Father: David Scherk Mother: Sarah Hershey Born: abt 1864 Spouse: Annie May Cunningham Age: 22 born: Meaford Ont Father: W R Cunningham Mother: Sarah Leavens Cunningham married 25 Feb 1892 married: Algoma District [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 30.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Oct 1873 - , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Minister - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - physician - 1892 - Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Feb 1892 - Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Jan 1947 - Hensall, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Johns Norway Cemetery and Crematorium, The Beaches, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth