Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Elizabeth Sherk

Female 1838 - 1863  (25 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Sherk 
    Born 11 Mar 1838  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47630867 
    Name Eliza Sherk 
    Name Elizabeth Cosens 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Eby ID Number 00101-5682 
    Died 9 May 1863  Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I4594  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Daniel Sherk,   b. 7 Apr 1806, Near Sherkston, Welland Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1858, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Susannah Herner,   b. 9 Aug 1817, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1886  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F1451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Cosens,   b. 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1881, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Children 
     1. Isaac Cosens,   b. 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1908, Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. Charles Cosens,   b. 17 Apr 1862, Trowbridge, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1952  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F1453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Sherk, "was married to George Couzens, a farmer. They resided in Elma, Perth County, Ontario, where she died May 9th, 1863, leaving a family of two sons named Isaac and Charles."


      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 
    1. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link.
      Eliza Sherk/ wife of/ George Cosens/ died/ May 9, 1863/ aged 25 yrs 1 mo/ 28 day

    2. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 7.

    3. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 44.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47630867.

    5. [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..., 245.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Mar 1838 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 May 1863 - Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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