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Magdalena Break

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Birth  3 Apr 1796  , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania  [1,2
Sex  Female 
Eby ID  00014-1169 
Died  8 Sep 1862  South Of Breslau, Waterloo Co., Ontario  [3
Person ID  I3195 
Last Modified  04 May 2005 
 
Father  John Brech, b. Abt 1759, , Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Catharine Sherk (Schäorg) 
Group Sheet  F1158 
 
Family 1  Samuel Sherk, b. 19 Apr 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania 
Married  20 Aug 1815    [4,5
Children 
 1. Elizabeth Sherk, b. 15 May 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 2. Eli Sherk, b. 20 Oct 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 3. Levi Sherk, b. 23 Nov 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 4. Samuel Sherk, b. 3 Nov 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 5. Adam Sherk, b. 4 Feb 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 6. John Sherk, b. 1 May 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 7. Amos Sherk, b. 19 Jun 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 8. David B. Sherk, b. 29 Nov 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 9. Christian Sherk, b. 1 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
 10. Abraham Sherk, b. 6 May 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario
Group Sheet  F1166 
 
Notes  Magdalena Break, "was born April 3rd, 1796. On August 20th, 1815, she was married to Samuel Sherk. He was born April 19th, 1792. They resided about two miles south of Breslau, Ontario, where she died September 8th, 1862. In 1866 he moved to Kent County, Michigan, near Caledonia, where he died September 17th 1874. To them was born a family of ten children, namely: IV Elizabeth, IV Eli, IV Levi, IV Samuel, IV Adam, IV John, IV Amos, IV, Abraham, IV David and IV Christian. See Samuel Sherk's family."
 
Sources  1. [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), 295   [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, 232   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [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, 232   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [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, 231   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [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), 295   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
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