Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Asaph Elihn Sherk[1]

Male 1859 - 1925  (65 years)


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  • Name Asaph Elihn Sherk 
    Born 24 Jul 1859  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    United Brethern 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    United Brethren 
    Occupation 1887  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    carpenter 
    Occupation 1905  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1916, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Gonder,   b. 7 May 1828, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1915, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1859  , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F1391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Sherk,   b. 24 Jul 1861, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1943  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 20 Jun 1886  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
     1. Harold Francis Sherk,   b. 30 Mar 1887, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elbert Abraham Sherk,   b. 14 Dec 1898, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lloyd Winston Sherk,   b. 5 Nov 1904, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ruth Sherk,   b. 28 Nov 1905, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F7786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 2377-1925 Asaph Sherk.

    3. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 4 Page 35.

    4. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 33.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109593751.

    6. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Elbert Abraham Sherk 1898.

    7. [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."

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109593483.

    9. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Jul 1859 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethern - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jun 1886 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carpenter - 1887 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - foreman at Christie Brown - 1905 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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