Elizabeth Betzner^[1]

Abt 1773 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elizabeth Betzner
  Born	Abt 1773	Of, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Schoerg
  Name	Elizabeth Schoerg
  Eby ID Number	00006-0915
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I8198	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Betzner,   b. 1738, Merspurg, Wurtenburg, Germany ,   d. 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Maria Detweiler,   b. 1744, Of, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1806, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Schoerg,   b. Apr 1761,   d. 1792  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Children	1. Samuel Sherk,   b. 19 Apr 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Sep 1874, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph Schoerg,   b. 3 Feb 1769, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Feb 1855, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Jacob Sherk,   b. 18 Aug 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1834, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)   2. John Shirk,   b. 23 Nov 1796, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1843, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)   3. Catharine Shirk,   b. 11 Feb 1798, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1882, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   4. Elizabeth Shirk,   b. 3 Dec 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rev. David Sherk,   b. 9 Sep 1801, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1882, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   6. Polly Shirk,   b. 1804, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Joseph Shirk,   b. 15 May 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1897, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 89 years)   8. Magdalena Shirk,   b. 11 Sep 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Susannah Shirk,   b. 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Lydia Shirk,   b. 28 Dec 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Betzner "was born about 1773, and was first married to John Schörg who was born in 1761, and resided in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1792. After his death she was married to Joseph Schörg who was born February 3rd, 1769. They came to Canada in 1800 and settled near Doon where he died February 17th, 1853. She died many years ago. To her were born eleven children". 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..., 231. [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..., 241.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1773 - Of, Pennsylvania Buried - - Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth