Ann Thornton^[1]

1814 - 1899  (84 years)

• Name	Ann Thornton
  Born	9 Dec 1814	Huddersfield, , Yorkshire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Died	2 Feb 1899	Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA   [4, 5]
  Christened	8 Jan 1915	Huddersfield, , Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ann Shirk
  Eby ID Number	00101-5652.1
  Buried	Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I4516	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Thornton,   b. 1782, Mirfield, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1830, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Sarah (Sally) Dransfield,   b. 1785, Mirfield, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	23 Jul 1804	Thornhill, , Yorkshire, England   [6]
  Family ID	F29040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Shirk,   b. 15 May 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1897, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Thomas Shirk,   b. 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Irene Shirk,   b. 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Diana Shirk,   b. 19 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1937, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 101 years)   4. Nancy Shirk,   b. 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry Shirk,   b. CA 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Henry Shirk,   b. 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Joseph Shirk,   b. 10 Jun 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1938, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 276. [S2674] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. Ann Thornton Age:0 Record Type:Baptism Birth Date:9 Dec 1814 Baptism Date:8 Jan 1815 Baptism Place:Huddersfield, St Peter, Yorkshire, England Father:Thos Thornton Mother:Sally Thornton [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, L., America, N., County, K., & Cemetery, L. (1814). Ann Sherk (1814-1899) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14456756. [S2493] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Ann Sherk [Ann Sharter] Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Death Age: 84 Birth Date: 1815 Birth Place: York State England Death Date: 2 Feb 1899 Death Place: Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA File Number: 105 Father: Thomas Sharte. [S1803] zzEngland, Marriages, 1538-1973, ). Thomas Thornton GenderMale Marriage Date24 Jun 1804 Marriage PlaceThornhill, York, England SpouseSarah Dransfield FHL Film Number1542085 Reference IDpg130rn156

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Dec 1814 - Huddersfield, , Yorkshire, England Died - 2 Feb 1899 - Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Christened - 8 Jan 1915 - Huddersfield, , Yorkshire, England Buried - - Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth