Leah B. Hallman^[1]

1844 - 1895  (50 years)

• Name	Leah B. Hallman
  Born	13 Oct 1844	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leah B. Sherk
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1864	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00048-3572
  Died	1895  [8]
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I6320	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann "John" Hallman,   b. 1 Aug 1812, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Bergey,   b. 27 May 1821, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1838	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Family ID	F1524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reuben H. Sherk,   b. 4 Feb 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1922, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  Children	1. Manilla Shirk,   b. Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Eva H. Sherk,   b. 23 Jun 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Sep 1952  (Age 86 years)   3. Maria H. Sherk,   b. 15 Sep 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1945  (Age 77 years)   4. Benjamin H. Sherk,   b. 19 Jun 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Daniel H. Sherk,   b. 9 May 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Nov 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   6. John Hallman Sherk,   b. 9 May 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1950  (Age 80 years)   7. Simon H. Sherk,   b. 11 Dec 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1888  (Age 16 years)   8. Angeline H. Sherk,   b. 30 Mar 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jul 1964  (Age 91 years)   9. William Hallman Sherk,   b. 27 Oct 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1939  (Age 64 years)   10. Ephraim H. Sherk,   b. 10 Apr 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Mar 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   11. David H. Sherk,   b. 29 Mar 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   12. Elmina H. Sherk,   b. 3 May 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Norman Adelbert Sherk,   b. 12 Sep 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 May 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   14. SallyAnn H. Sherk,   b. 16 Mar 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   15. Darwin H. Shirk,   b. 17 Oct 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1885  (Age 0 years)   16. Vanella H. "Nellie" Sherk,   b. 19 Oct 1888, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Aug 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F1454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Hallman, "is married to Reuben Shirk, a farmer. They reside near Strasburg, Ontario, and have a family as follows, namely:...John and Daniel were twins." 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..., 763. [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. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, District 161 Sub-district A Division 3 Page Number 30 Household Number 129. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 45. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 8. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 47. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Mar 1864. Mar. 8, 1864 Ruben Scherch and Lea Hallman, both of Wilmot [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. Reuben Sherk/ born 1840/ died 1922/ Leah Hallman/ his wife/ born 1844/ died 1895/ Sherk [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 31 Mar 1838:15. 27 Mar 1838 Rev. F.W. Bindeman m. John Hallman, son of Benjamin Hallman, to Elisabeth Berge, all of Dumfries

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Oct 1844 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1864 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Mar 1864 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth