Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mary Elizabeth Park[1]

Female 1845 - 1883  (38 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Park 
    Born 22 Aug 1845  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    United Brethren 
    Eby ID Number 00101-5614.1 
    Died 24 Nov 1883  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6
    Cause: Dropsy (1 years 6 months) 
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4404  Generations
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2024 

    Father George Park,   b. 1802, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1869  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Children 
     1. Ida Samantha Sherk,   b. 3 Sep 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elsie M. Sherk,   b. 17 Mar 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary Lovisa "Lovisa" Sherk,   b. 10 Sep 1876, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950  (Age 73 years)
     4. Lucy Eva Sherk,   b. 3 Dec 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951  (Age 73 years)
     5. Alvin Eustace Sherk,   b. 28 Aug 1881, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2024 
    Family ID F1399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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

    3. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 17070-1883 Mary Elizabeth Sherk.

    4. [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

    5. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 36.

    6. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 10.

    7. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Aug 1845 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1869 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Dec 1869 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Dropsy (1 years 6 months) - 24 Nov 1883 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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