Joseph Shirk^{[1, 2]}

1808 - 1897  (89 years)

• Name	Joseph Shirk
  Born	15 May 1808	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Christened	26 Dec 1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Rsrch. Note	in 1880 did he live in Warren, Jo Daviess, Illinois employed as a undertaker?
  Name	Joseph Sharrick  [6]
  Name	Joseph Sherick
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	00101-5652
  Died	29 Nov 1897	Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA
  Buried	Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I4515	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Schoerg,   b. 3 Feb 1769, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Feb 1855, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Betzner,   b. Abt 1773, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Thornton,   b. 9 Dec 1814, Huddersfield, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 2 Feb 1899, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Thomas Shirk,   b. 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Irene Shirk,   b. 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Diana Shirk,   b. 19 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1937, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 101 years)   4. Nancy Shirk,   b. 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry Shirk,   b. CA 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Henry Shirk,   b. 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Joseph Shirk,   b. 10 Jun 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1938, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Shirk, "was born in May, 1809. He was married to Ann Thornton. They reside at Caledonia, Michigan, where he follows farming. To them were born eight 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 242. [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..., 216. [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..., 240. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 276. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 276. Joseph SHERICK Farmer Birthplace: Canada Age 42 Wesleyan Methodist Ann SHERICK Birthplace: England Age 36 Wesleyan Methodist Thomas SHERICK Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 19 Wesleyan Methodist Irene SHERICK Birthplace: Canada Age 16 Wesleyan Methodist Nancy SHERICK Birthplace: Canada Age 13 Wesleyan Methodist Thomas WALKER Labourer Birthplace: USA Age 65 William SHERICK Birthplace: Canada Age 6 Wesleyan Methodist Jacob BETSCHER carpenter Birthplace: Canada Age 20 Wesleyan Methodist

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 May 1808 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 26 Dec 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Nov 1897 - Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Buried - - Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth