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Jacob B. Gingerich[1,2]

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Title  Rev. 
Birth  13 Jun 1840    [3] 
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00039-3178 
Person ID  I14129 
Last Modified  04 Jul 2004 
 
Father  John Gingerich, b. 26 Dec 1814 
Mother  Anna Burkhard, b. 1 Nov 1814 
Group Sheet  F1234 
 
Family 1  Mary Shirk, b. 4 Feb 1837 
Children 
 1. David Gingerich
 2. David Gingerich
Group Sheet  F3473 
 
Family 2  Elizabeth Shirk, b. 27 Jul 1845 
Children 
 1. John Gingerich
 2. Enoch Gingerich
 3. Norman Gingerich
 4. Nancy Gingerich
 5. Jacob S. Gingerich
 6. Mary Ann Gingerich
 7. Dilman Gingerich
 8. Elizabeth Ann Gingerich
 9. Nancy Gingerich
 10. Jacob S. Gingerich
 11. Samuel Gingerich
 12. Barbara Elsina Gingerich
Group Sheet  F3475 
 
Notes  Jacob B. Gingerich, "was born June 13th, 1840. He was first married to Mary, daughter of Rev. David and Elizabeth (Betzner) Sherk. She was born February 4th, 1837. They resided on the old "Sherk Farm" on the east bank of the Grand River, opposite the village of Doon where she died May 3rd, 1866. After her decease he was married to Elizabeth Sherk, sister to his first wife. She was born July 27th, 1845. On July 1st, 1878, he was ordained as a minister of the Mennonite body for the Hagey and Wanner field of labor. He is a good man and a diligent worker for the Master, and is very liberal in his views in regard to the plan of salvation. As a minister he is very popular on his fields of labor. Of first wife there was one son named David (dead). Of second union there were ten children..."
 
Sources  1. [S2]   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..., Ezra Eby, 239   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2]   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..., Ezra Eby, 240   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 692   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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