Loretta May Sherk^[1]

1873 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Loretta May Sherk
  Born	30 May 1873	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lauretta Sherrick
  Name	Loretta May Gehman
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00101-5626
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4448	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  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   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  	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	Samuel Gehman,   b. 3 Oct 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Ura Pearl Gehman   2. Pearl Gehman,   b. 1 Mar 1894, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jon Gehman,   b. 2 Mar 1896, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Gordon Gehman,   b. 19 Oct 1898, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lorne R. Gehman,   b. 21 Mar 1901, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Loretta May Sherk, "was born May 30th, 1873. She is married to Samuel Gehman, a farmer. They reside near Dumfries Station and have a family of one child, named Pearl." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 671. [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..., 237. [S180] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1901, Dumfries (North) B-5 Page 10. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 23. [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. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 12 Page 83.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 May 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth