James Shirk^[1]

1819 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James Shirk
  Born	9 May 1819	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Christened	13 Aug 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	James Sharrick
  Eby ID Number	00101-5627
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4451	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Sherk,   b. 18 Aug 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1834, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Hannah Bechtel,   b. 24 Oct 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1874  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Taylor,   b. Abt 1820,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Jul 1847	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James Shirk, "was born May 9th, 1819. He is married to Elizabeth Taylor. They reside near Chatham, Ontario." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 215. [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. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library. [S41] Vit - ON, Oxford - Brock District Mar Reg, Rev. Heman Fitch, Baptist Minister, from 1 July 1847 to 1 Oct. 1847. James Sharrick, to Besi Taylor, both of Blenheim, Rev. Fitch, Wit. Jacob Bowman, and Salley Shark

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 May 1819 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jul 1847 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Christened - 13 Aug 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth