Joseph Schurgh-Sherck (1700-1770) - Find a Grave Memorial

Joseph Schurgh-Sherck

Birth

1700

Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland

Death

1770 (aged 69–70)

Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Sherk Cemetery

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aka: Scherch, Schurch, Sherck, Sherk, Sherrick etc

Joseph was a Swiss Palatine Immigrant
Father, Mennonite Minister Ulrich Shirk I,
and family arrived Aug 24,1728
in Philadelphia on ship "Motonhouse"

Married to Catherine Furry
(dau of John Furry-Swiss Immigrant)

Joseph settled in West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County PA

*Children of Joseph & Catherine:
Joseph 1734-1807
Jacob 1735-1788
Maria 1737-1814 (m.Christian Erb)
John 1738-ca.1783
Magdalena 1740-1765(m.Jacob Strickler)
Barbara 1742-1770 (m.Christian Martin)
poss Catherine b.1739
.
*Memorial Headstone for Immigrant
Ulrich Shirk & Family, located
at Steinmetz Cemetery in
Schoeneck, Lancaster Co, PA

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Ulrich Shirk I

Barbara Grundbacher Shirk

Michael Shirk

Ulrich Shirk II

Joseph Sherrick

Maria Scherch Erb

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Ulrich Shirk I

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Michael Shirk

Ulrich Shirk II

Joseph Sherrick

Maria Scherch Erb

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