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Jonathan Sherk

Male 1848 - 1929  (80 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jonathan Sherk was born on 17 Dec 1848 (son of Elias Sherk and Mary Zavitz); died on 24 Apr 1929.

    Jonathan married Melissa Beam on 17 Sep 1873. Melissa (daughter of Henry Beam and Anna Shirk, (Code E1415)) was born on 19 Aug 1854; died on 23 Mar 1933. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Sarah Corine Sherk was born on 7 Jul 1876; died on 25 Mar 1962.
    2. Claudius Henry Sherk was born on 19 May 1880; died on 21 Dec 1951; was buried in Stevensville Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Stevensville, Ontario.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elias Sherk was born in 1825 (son of Benjamin Sherk, (Code E148) and Esther Hershey); died on 8 Jul 1893.

    Elias married Mary Zavitz on 23 Mar 1847. Mary (daughter of John Zavitz and Nancy Harris) was born on 5 Jul 1826; died on 15 Nov 1881. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Zavitz was born on 5 Jul 1826 (daughter of John Zavitz and Nancy Harris); died on 15 Nov 1881.
    Children:
    1. Josephine Sherk was born on 24 Dec 1847; and died.
    2. 1. Jonathan Sherk was born on 17 Dec 1848; died on 24 Apr 1929.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Sherk, (Code E148) was born on 16 Feb 1796 (son of Michael Scherch, (Code E14)); died on 19 Dec 1873; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.

    Benjamin married Esther Hershey in 1820. Esther was born on 5 Oct 1801; died on 10 Jul 1879; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Esther Hershey was born on 5 Oct 1801; died on 10 Jul 1879; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    Children:
    1. Rebecca Sherk was born on 5 May 1821; died in 1873.
    2. Jonathan Sherk was born in 1823; died on 22 Apr 1846; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    3. 2. Elias Sherk was born in 1825; died on 8 Jul 1893.
    4. Christian Sherk was born about 1827 in Bertie Bay, Bertie Twp., Welland Co., Ontario; died on 31 Dec 1887; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    5. Peter Sherk was born in 1829; died in 1839.
    6. Esther Sherk was born in 1831; and died.
    7. Mary Sherk was born on 10 Aug 1833; died on 25 Dec 1912; was buried in Bertie B.I.C. Cemetery, Stevensville, Ontario.
    8. Benjamin Sherk was born on 25 Feb 1836; died on 24 Sep 1868.
    9. Abraham Sherk was born in 1838; died on 26 May 1860.
    10. Sarah Sherk was born on 2 Mar 1841; and died.
    11. Martha Jane Sherk was born on 14 Apr 1843; died on 27 Nov 1928.

  3. 6.  John Zavitz was born on 31 Jan 1798 (son of Jacob Zavitz and Catherine Learn); died on 31 Mar 1872.

    John married Nancy Harris. Nancy (daughter of Joseph Harris and Christiana Gray) was born on 18 Mar 1803; died on 16 May 1882. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Nancy Harris was born on 18 Mar 1803 (daughter of Joseph Harris and Christiana Gray); died on 16 May 1882.
    Children:
    1. Priscilla Zavitz was born on 4 Aug 1821; died on 12 Mar 1888.
    2. Joseph I. Zavitz was born on 18 Jun 1823; died on 25 Sep 1886.
    3. 3. Mary Zavitz was born on 5 Jul 1826; died on 15 Nov 1881.
    4. Jesse Zavitz was born on 28 Sep 1828; died on 4 May 1908.
    5. James Zavitz was born on 5 Aug 1831; died on 21 Nov 1905.
    6. John Zavitz was born on 25 Mar 1837; died on 24 Jan 1911.
    7. William Zavitz was born on 24 Oct 1840; died on 7 Feb 1882.
    8. Daniel M. Zavitz was born on 10 Apr 1843; died on 12 Apr 1924.
    9. Edward Zavitz was born on 18 Nov 1845; died on 22 Nov 1893.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Michael Scherch, (Code E14) was born in 1748 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Rev. Peter Shirk, (Code E1) and Maria Swarr); died in 1826 in Point Abino, Bertie Twp, Welland Co., ON.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Shirk, (Code E141) was born on 4 Dec 1777 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died on 2 Mar 1836 in Bertie Twp., Welland Co., Ontario; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    2. Peter Sherk, (Code E142) was born on 29 Sep 1780 in Earl Twp, Lancaster County, PA; died on 25 Mar 1864 in Sherkston, Niagara Region, Ontario; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    3. Michael Sherk, (Code E143) was born on 18 Jan 1782; died in Sep 1838.
    4. Susannah Sherk, (Code E144) was born in 1784; died in 1843; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    5. Lydia Sherk, ( Code E145 ) was born on 3 May 1788 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 14 Feb 1861 in Niagara Region, Ontario.
    6. Daniel Sherk, (Code E146) was born on 19 Feb 1789; and died.
    7. Joseph Sherk, (Code E147) was born on 18 Sep 1790; and died.
    8. 4. Benjamin Sherk, (Code E148) was born on 16 Feb 1796; died on 19 Dec 1873; was buried in Sherkston Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston, Ontario.
    9. Salome Sherk, (Code E149) was born on 1 Jun 1803; and died.

  2. 12.  Jacob Zavitz was born in Aug 1752 (son of Jacob Zavitz and Magdalene); and died.

    Jacob married Catherine Learn. Catherine was born on 25 Jun 1760; and died. [Group Sheet]


  3. 13.  Catherine Learn was born on 25 Jun 1760; and died.
    Children:
    1. Mary Zavitz was born on 16 Sep 1783 in Wainfleet, Niagara Region, Ontario; died on 23 Sep 1863 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Fretz Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Municipality, Ontario.
    2. Henry Zavitz was born on 21 Aug 1787; died on 13 Jan 1874.
    3. Jacob Zavitz was born on 13 Jun 1790; died on 11 Dec 1876.
    4. Sarah Zavitz was born on 14 Jul 1793; died on 14 Dec 1868.
    5. 6. John Zavitz was born on 31 Jan 1798; died on 31 Mar 1872.

  4. 14.  Joseph Harris

    Joseph married Christiana Gray. [Group Sheet]


  5. 15.  Christiana Gray
    Children:
    1. 7. Nancy Harris was born on 18 Mar 1803; died on 16 May 1882.
    2. Margaret J. Harris was born on 7 Mar 1812 in Albany, Albany County, New York; died on 13 Sep 1872 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Fretz Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Municipality, Ontario.


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