John Shirk^[1]

1821 - 1868  (46 years)

• Name	John Shirk
  Born	7 Oct 1821	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00101-5629
  Died	1868	, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	Cause: accident
  Person ID	I4455	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 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 1	Feddie Dearling,   b. Abt 1821, Of, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes "Nancy" Thornton,   b. 16 May 1824, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario ,   d. 19 Aug 1878, , Missouri, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Shirk, "was born October 7th, 1821. He was married twice, first to Feddie Dearling and after her decease to Nancy Thornton. They resided in Missouri where he was accidentally killed while blasting stones." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 - 7 Oct 1821 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: accident - 1868 - , Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth