Hannah Sherk^[1]

1848 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Hannah Sherk
  Born	1848	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Hannah Near
  Eby ID Number	00101-5701
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4639	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  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

  
  

  Family	William Near,   b. Abt 1849, Of, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F1462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hannah Sherk, "is married to William Near, a farmer. They reside near Iowa City, Iowa." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1848 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth