Jacob Shirk^[1]

1833 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Jacob Shirk
  Born	2 Jul 1833	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00101-5636
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4468	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  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

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Shirk, "was born July 2nd, 1833. When a young man he left for California. Nothing heard of him since." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ________________________________ In the 1880 census for Alvarado, Alameda, California there is a Jacob Shirk born 1833 in Canada living a wife a wife Elizabeth and step children Charles and Harry Hamlin with an chinese servant. Is this him?

  
  

• 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..., 238.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jul 1833 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth