Vanella H. "Nellie" Sherk: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Vanella H. "Nellie" Sherk was born 19 Oct 1888, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Aug 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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Name: Ella Shirk
Name: Nellie Sherk
Name: Vanella H. "Nellie" Schweitzer
Name: Vanella Sheck
Eby ID Number: 00048-3572.12
Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
Residence: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mrs. Austin Schweitzer, 77, of 1064 Union St. died today at St. Mary's Hospital following a brief illness.

The former Nellie Sherk, she was born Oct. 19, 1888, in Mannheim, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Sherk. She had lived in Kitchener for the past six years, and prior to that had lived on a farm with her husband in Roseville for 20 years. She was a member of the Charles Street United Brethren Church and of the church Women's Missionary Society and the Ladies Aid Society.

She was the last surviving member of her family.

She was predeceased by her husband in February.

Surviving are three sons, Delton and Clare, both of Galt, and Clifford, Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. Grant (Helen) Jackson, London, Ont., and Mrs. Ralph (Marjorie) Bale, Woodstock, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Holtzhauer, in 1959, and a son, Clinton, in 1919.

The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until noon on Friday when removal will be made to the Charles Street United Brethren Church for a service at 2 p.m. Rev. A. Ward Woolner, minister of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Roseville cemetery.

Donations to the women's Missionary Society will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 24 Aug 1966, Wed ·Page 31

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Vanella H. Sherk, "was born October 19th, 1888."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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Comment: Eby has in two different places her name as Vanella and Subella.

Vanella — Austin D. Schweitzer. Austin (son of John W. Schweitzer and Catherine Donnenwerth) was born 21 Sep 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Clare Schweitzer died Yes, date unknown.
3. Helen Schweitzer died Yes, date unknown.
4. Marjorie Schweitzer died Yes, date unknown.
5. Dorothy Schweitzer died 1959.
6. Delton Harold Schweitzer was born 6 May 1912, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1996; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
7. Clinton Earl Schweitzer was born 1 Feb 1914, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jun 1919, near, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
8. Clifford M. "Cliff" Schweitzer was born 24 Mar 1917, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1997, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Generation: 2

2.
Clare Schweitzer (1.Vanella¹) died Yes, date unknown.
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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401844
3.
Helen Schweitzer (1.Vanella¹) died Yes, date unknown.
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Name: Helen Jackson

Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401846

Helen — Grant Jackson. Grant died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

4.	Marjorie Schweitzer (1.Vanella¹) died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Name: Marjorie Bale Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401848 Marjorie — Ralph Bale. Ralph died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

5.
Dorothy Schweitzer (1.Vanella¹) died 1959.
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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401850

6.	Delton Harold Schweitzer (1.Vanella¹) was born 6 May 1912, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1996; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401843

Clinton Earl Schweitzer

(1.Vanella¹) was born 1 Feb 1914, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jun 1919, near, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: 00101-5697.1001

Notes:

In Loving Memory Died Near Roseville, Ont., on Monday, June 30th, 1919, at 3 o'clock, p.m, Clinton Earl, Second son of Mr and Mrs. Austin Schweitzer, aged 5 years, 5 months. The Funeral Will take place on Thursday afternoon, July 3rd, at 2 o'clock, from the residence of his parents', to the Evangelical Church, Roseville, for services, thence to the Roseville Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card

Clifford M. "Cliff" Schweitzer

(1.Vanella¹) was born 24 Mar 1917, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1997, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401845

Clifford married Jean Elizabeth Diefenbacher 24 May 1941. Jean was born 28 Feb 1923; died 26 Dec 2012, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]