Magdalena Break

1796 - 1862  (66 years)

• Name	Magdalena Break
  Born	3 Apr 1796	, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Magdalena Sherk
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Dunkard
  Eby ID Number	00014-1169
  Died	8 Sep 1862	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  	Cause: suddenly
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I16138	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Brech,   b. Abt 1759, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Abt 1802, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Magdalene Schörg,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Sherk,   b. 19 Apr 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Sep 1874, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 82 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1815  [1, 6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Sherk,   b. 15 May 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1891  (Age 74 years)   2. Eli Sherk,   b. 20 Oct 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 1868, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 49 years)   3. Levi Sherk,   b. 23 Nov 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 1886  (Age 65 years)   4. Rev. Samuel S. Sherk,   b. 3 Nov 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Magdalena "Lena" Sherk,   b. 1825, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1879, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 54 years)   6. Adam Sherk,   b. 4 Feb 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. John Sherk,   b. 1 May 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jul 1851  (Age 23 years)   8. Amos Sherk,   b. 19 Jun 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Rev. Abraham Break Sherk,   b. 6 May 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Nov 1916, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   10. Rev. David B. Sherk,   b. 29 Nov 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1909, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   11. Rev. Christian Sherk,   b. 1 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Magdalena Break, "was born April 3rd, 1796. On August 20th, 1815, she was married to Samuel Sherk. He was born April 19th, 1792. They resided about two miles south of Breslau, Ontario, where she died September 8th, 1862. In 1866 he moved to Kent County, Michigan, near Caledonia, where he died September 17th 1874. To them was born a family of ten 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

  [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..., 295. [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..., 232. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 53. [S932] News - Canada Christian Advocate - 1858-1872, "Death of Mrs. Sherrick," 17 Sep 1862, p. 2. Mrs. Sherrick, aged 66, wife of Samuel Sherrick, farmer near Preston, died very suddenly last Mon. evening, Dumfries Reformer [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Apr 1796 - , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: suddenly - 8 Sep 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth