Jeremiah Sherk^[1]

1845 - 1911  (65 years)

• Name	Jeremiah Sherk
  Born	27 Oct 1845	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246120846
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00101-5699
  Died	9 Jan 1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I4637	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

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

  
  

• Notes

  Jeremiah Sherk, "resides in Wilmot Township and has his home at Ezra Cressman's. He is not married." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ____________ Death of Jeremiah Sherk. The remains of the late Mr. Jeremiah Sherk who died on Monday, January 9th, were interred in Riverside cemetery on Friday last. The deceased was sixty-six years of age and had made his home with Mr. Daniel Wilhelm here for the past eight years. He is survived by four brothers and four sisters: Mrs. Fletcher Cousins and Miss Fanny of Trowbridge, Mrs. James Nicholson of Bluevale; Mrs. William Near, Port Colborne; Reuben Sherk, New Dundee; John Silas and Moses in Dakota. The Chronicle Telegraph, 19 Jan 1911, p. 9

  
  

• 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..., 247. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 7. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 42. [S153] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Riverside New Hamburg CC#4564 Internet Link. At Rest/ Jeremiah Sherk/ Born Oct. 27, 1845/ Died Jan. 9, 1911/ Aged/ 65 Yrs 2 M. 12 D./ May He Rest In Peace/ Sherk

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Oct 1845 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Jan 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth