Joseph Shirk^[1]

1820 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joseph Shirk
  Born	25 May 1820	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00101-5628
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4453	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	Jane Urth,   b. Abt 1820, Of, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Shirk, "was born May 25th, 1820. He was married to Jane Urth. They reside at Keokuk, Iowa." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 May 1820 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth