Barbara Shirk^[1]

1847 - 1920  (72 years)

• Name	Barbara Shirk
  Born	31 Oct 1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Protestant
  Eby ID Number	00101-5648
  Died	26 Sep 1920	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  	Cause: Chronic Bronchitis
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I4508	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. David Sherk,   b. 9 Sep 1801, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1882, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth B. Betzner,   b. 10 May 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1894, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1827  [1, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F1423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barbara Shirk "was born October 31st, 1847. She is unmarried and at present resides in Chicago, Illinois, where she is engaged as an evangelist among the poor, thus doing a noble work for her Master." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 247. [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..., 240. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin ITown/Ville) A-6 Page 6. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 33177-1920 Barbara Shirk. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Barbara Sherk / 1847-1920 / Gone but not forgotten / Sherk [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 27. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 28. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 4 Page 25. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 7. [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..., 239. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 55.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Oct 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Chronic Bronchitis - 26 Sep 1920 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth