Benjamin Sherk

1848 - 1948  (99 years)

• Name	Benjamin Sherk
  Born	22 Jun 1848
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Feb 1948
  Person ID	I02926	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Christian \ Christl Sherk,   b. 24 Jul 1807,   d. 3 Jan 1881  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Anna Dauner,   b. ABT. 1812,   d. 23 Apr 1892  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F0711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline "Carrie" Reicheld,   b. 28 Nov 1851,   d. 17 Dec 1915  (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Hezekiah Sherk,   b. 9 May 1881,   d. 10 Oct 1901  (Age 20 years)  [Natural]   2. John Calvin Sherk,   b. 21 Oct 1884,   d. 27 Feb 1965  (Age 80 years)  [Natural]   3. Nora Sherk,   b. 2 Sep 1889  [Adopted]
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F1137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From - The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk: Benjamin was born and raised on his father's farm in Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. In 1856 his father Christian bought 100 acres of Crown Land in Essex County, Ontario, located on the East 1/2 of Lot 21, Gosfield North Township. When Benjamin was 26 years old, he bought this land from his father for $1000 (in 1874). He cleared some of the land, built a home, and returned to Rainham Township where he married Caroline Reicheld. He then brought his wife to her new home. There they raised a family. The farm has been continuously in the ownership of the Sherk family since 1856, it being presently owned by D. Claire Sherk, great-great-grandson of Christian Sherk. Benjamin and Caroline are buried in a family plot in Albuna Cemetery in Essex County, near Cottam.