Elizabeth "Bessie" Sherk

1855 - 1937  (82 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Bessie" Sherk
  Born	1 Jan 1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bessie Sherk
  Name	Elizabeth "Bessie" Hibner
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Bretheren
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Dressmaker
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  Residence	1894	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1921	14 Edward St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Zion Evangelical
  Residence	1935	19 Ellen St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00101-5619
  Died	19 Jan 1937  [3]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I4433	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham Sherk,   b. 7 Jul 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Louisa Ann "Lucy" Buckler,   b. 9 Feb 1828, , England ,   d. 22 Oct 1905, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1845	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8, 9, 10]
  	The marriage record recorded by Rev. Strang gives Oct 3rd not 30th as recorded by Ezra Eby.
  Family ID	F1398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mayor Daniel Hibner,   b. 9 Mar 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Oct 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1894	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Sherk, "was born January 1st, 1855. She is married to Daniel Hibner. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged in manufacturing furniture. Mr. Hibner has been mayor of Berlin for the years 1894 and 1895." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 236. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 23. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . In Loving Memory Of/ Elizabeth Sherk/ Beloved Wife Of/ Daniel Hibner/ January 1. 1855-January 19. 1937/ "There Is No Death" [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 24 Page 4. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 10. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 12 Page 83. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12358 (1894), Hibner-Sherk. Daniel Hibner, 41, Manufacturer, res. Berlin b. Canada, Widower, son of Jacob and Margaret married Bessie Sherk, 39, res. Berlin, b. Canada, daughter of Abraham and Lucy Sherk, Witn: Sam. Sherk and Talmay Foreman of Berlin, 6 November 1894 In Berlin [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. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Rev. James Strang, Presbyterian Church Pg 35 1845. Oct. 3 Abraham SHARRICK, Waterloo, to Lucy BUCKLER, Waterloo. Wit: Samuel Sharrick, Abraham Buckler. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 43.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jan 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheren - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Dressmaker - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1894 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Nov 1894 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 14 Edward St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Zion Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth