1859 - 1925 (65 years)
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Name |
Asaph Elihn Sherk |
Born |
24 Jul 1859 |
, Ontario, Canada [2, 3, 4, 5] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1861 |
North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3] |
United Brethern |
Residence |
1871 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
United Brethren |
Occupation |
1887 |
Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada [6] |
carpenter |
Occupation |
1905 |
Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada |
foreman at Christie Brown |
Eby ID Number |
00101-5606.2 |
Died |
17 Mar 1925 [2, 5] |
Cause: heart failure |
Buried |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario [5] |
Person ID |
I4383 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
26 Feb 2024 |
Father |
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) |
Mother |
Rebecca Gonder, b. 7 May 1828, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Apr 1915, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) |
Married |
22 Jun 1859 |
, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada [7, 8] |
Family ID |
F1391 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Elizabeth Sherk, b. 24 Jul 1861, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario , d. 3 Dec 1943 (Age 82 years) |
Married |
20 Jun 1886 |
Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada [9] |
Children |
| 1. Harold Francis Sherk, b. 30 Mar 1887, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Elbert Abraham Sherk, b. 14 Dec 1898, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. Lloyd Winston Sherk, b. 5 Nov 1904, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Ruth Sherk, b. 28 Nov 1905, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
2 Mar 2024 |
Family ID |
F7786 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Sherk - At his residence, 925 East Dundas St., Toronto, Tuesday, March 17, Asaph Elihu Sherk (son of the late Rev. A. B. Sherk) in his 65th year. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m.
Kitchener Daily Record, March 18, 1925
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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..., 233.
- [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 2377-1925 Asaph Sherk.
- [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 4 Page 35.
- [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 33.
- [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109593751.
- [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Elbert Abraham Sherk 1898.
- [S39] Book - Fourth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, pg 35.
"It was in the Niagara district he became acquainted with Rebekah Gonder, daughter of the late M. D. Gonder, a U. E. L. descendant who lived on the homestead on the Niagara river, eight miles above the Falls which his grandfather had located in 1796. He was married to my mother in 1859."
- [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109593483.
- [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration).
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| Born - 24 Jul 1859 - , Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - United Brethern - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Married - 20 Jun 1886 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada |
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| Occupation - carpenter - 1887 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada |
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| Occupation - foreman at Christie Brown - 1905 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada |
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| Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario |
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