William Hallman Sherk^{[1, 2, 3]}

1874 - 1939  (64 years)

• Name	William Hallman Sherk
  Born	27 Oct 1874	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1923	Bright, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	00101-5691
  Died	12 Oct 1939
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4623	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Reuben H. Sherk,   b. 4 Feb 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1922, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Leah B. Hallman,   b. 13 Oct 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1895  (Age 50 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F1454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Clara Schweitzer,   b. 25 Jul 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1918, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1898	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Leon Sherk,   b. 11 Sep 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jul 1992, Hillsborough, , Florida  (Age 91 years)   2. Melvin Sherk,   b. 5 Jan 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   3. Vernetta Sherk,   b. 2 Jul 1905, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario ,   d. Sep 1995, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   4. Weston Sherk,   b. 24 Mar 1909, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   5. Clara Mamie "Mamie" Sherk,   b. 3 Jun 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1998, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   6. Walter Sherk,   b. 1912,   d. 18 Apr 1984  (Age 72 years)   7. Irene Alice Sararas,   b. 17 Jan 1915,   d. 25 Feb 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Henrietta "Etta" "Henietta" Battler,   b. 12 Jan 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	14 Mar 1923	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F265471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William H. Sherk, "was born October 27th, 1874. At present he is at Manitou, Manitoba, where he is engaged on a farm." 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..., 763. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mary Etta Battler - Sherk. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 022349-23. William Sherk, 48, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Bright, Widower, son of Reuben Sherk (born New Dundee) and Leah Hallman married Mary Etta Battler, 41, occ. Housekeeper, b. Wilmot Twp, res. New Dundee, Spinster, daughter of Thomas Battler (born New Dundee) and Mary Ann Brighton, Witnessed by: Mrs. Mary Swartz and Miss Mary Swartz both of 47 Eby St. S. Kitchener, 14 March 1923 in Kitchener [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..., 246. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 13. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, District 161 Sub-district A Division 3 Page Number 30 Household Number 129. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 014774-1898. William SHERK, 24, laborer, Wilmot Tp, same, s/o Reuben & Leah, married Clara SCHWEITZER, 19, Blair, same, d/o John & Catherine; wit: Abraham POEMAY?, New Dundee, Alida HALLMAN, Mannheim. 28 Dec 1898 at Blair [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 45. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 9. [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..., 245. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Mar 1864. Mar. 8, 1864 Ruben Scherch and Lea Hallman, both of Wilmot

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Oct 1874 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Dec 1898 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Mar 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth