Mary Elizabeth Park^[1]

1845 - 1883  (38 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Park
  Born	22 Aug 1845	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118632338
  Name	Mary Elizabeth Sherk
  Residence	1869	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  Eby ID Number	00101-5614.1
  Died	24 Nov 1883	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 6]
  	Cause: Dropsy (1 years 6 months)
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I4404	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Park,   b. 1802, , USA ,   d. 15 Feb 1896  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Eve Carver,   b. 14 May 1809,   d. 14 Feb 1861  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F7266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William B. Sherk,   b. 7 Mar 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1869	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Children	1. Ida Samantha Sherk,   b. 3 Sep 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elsie M. Sherk,   b. 17 Mar 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Lovisa "Lovisa" Sherk,   b. 10 Sep 1876, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1950  (Age 73 years)   4. Lucy Eva Sherk,   b. 3 Dec 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 73 years)   5. Alvin Eustace Sherk,   b. 28 Aug 1881, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1399	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..., 235. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. In Memory of Mary Elizabeth wife of William Sherk died Nov 24, 1883 aged 38 years & 3 ms/ verse [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 17070-1883 Mary Elizabeth Sherk. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9/316 (1869), Sherk-Park. William Sherk, 23, Teacher, res. Waterloo Twp., b. Waterloo Twp., son of Abraham and Louisa, Married Mary Elizabeth Park, 24, res. Waterloo Twp., b. Wilmot Twp., daughter of George and Eve, Witnesses: Abraham Sherk and Emanuel Weaver, both of Waterloo Twp., 14 Dec 1869 at Waterloo Twp [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 36. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 10. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 22 Dec 1869. Sherk, Wm. married 14 Dec 1869 to Mary Elizabeth Park At Freeport, by Rev. J.B. Bowman. Both of Freeport.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Aug 1845 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1869 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Dec 1869 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Dropsy (1 years 6 months) - 24 Nov 1883 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth