The Sherk Family


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Ulrich Sherk (1703-1766) married Maria Grundbach in 1730, and in 1752 they emigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their only known child, John Sherk (1745/1750-1837), a Mennonite, married Barbara Berg about 1772/1773, and moved in 1795 to Welland County, Ontario. Descendants (some spelling the surname Scherich, Scherck or Schürch) lived in Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to New York, Michigan, Iowa, California and elsewhere in the United States.










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Christian Strickler Sherk


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Family history and genealogical information about the ancestors and descendants of Christian Strickler Sherk who was born 16 June 1773 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He was a descendant of Joseph Sherk who was born ca. 1700 in Germany or Switzerland and immigrated to America ca. 1727. Christian married Martha Magdalena Rohrer ca. 1807 in Pennsylvania. They lived in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and were the parents of ten known children. Descendants lived primarily in Pennsylvania.