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Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk 1712–1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1712

Birth Location: Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland

Death Date: 4 Aug 1770

Death Location: Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Casper Schurch

Mother: Verena Burkhart

Spouse(s): Catherine Forney)

Children(s): Maria Scherch

The story of Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk began in 1712 in Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland. Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk married Catherine Scott Scherch Nee Forney, and had children including Maria Scherch. Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk passed away in 1770 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk began in 1712 in Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk married Catherine Scott Scherch Nee Forney, and had children including Maria Scherch.
  • Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk passed away in 1770 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Casper Schurch
1649–1739
Birth Location: Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Which Is Located In The Rolling Green Hills of The Swiss Emmental, Noted For Its Famous Emmentaler Cheese, and Beautiful Farms./Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland
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Verena Burkhart
1657–1739
Birth Location: Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Which Is Located In The Rolling Green Hills of The Swiss Emmental, Noted For Its Famous Emmentaler Cheese, and Beautiful Farms./Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Forney)
1712–1772
Birth Location: Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland
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Children(s)

Maria Scherch
1737–1814
Birth Location: Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Joseph Shirk's Ancestors

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Joseph Shirk
1712–1770
Birth Place: Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
Parents
Casper Schurch
1649–1739
Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Which Is Located In The Rolling Green Hills of The Swiss Emmental, Noted For Its Famous Emmentaler Cheese, and Beautiful Farms./Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland
Verena Burkhart
1657–1739
Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Which Is Located In The Rolling Green Hills of The Swiss Emmental, Noted For Its Famous Emmentaler Cheese, and Beautiful Farms./Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland
Grandparents
Jacob (Burkhart) III
1636–1692
Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Christina (Barbara) Graber
1636–1700
Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Shirk's Descendants

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Joseph (Grundbacher Scherch \) Shirk (1712–4 Aug 1770) m. Catherine (Scott Scherch (nee) Forney) (16 Nov 1712–1772)
  1. 1. Maria Scherch 1737–1814 m. Christian (Peter) Erb 1734–1810
    1. 1. Anna Erb 1774–1866 m. John (Baehr) Bricker 1769–1854
      1. 1. Susannah Bricker 1807–1894 m. Wendell Bowman 1806–1876
        1. 1. Ephraim Bowman 1836–1860 m. Mary Reid 1844–1861

Joseph Shirk's Timeline

2 Records

1712
1712
Birth of Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk in Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
1770
4 Aug 1770
Age 58
Death of Joseph Grundbacher Scherch \ Shirk in Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1712
    Event Place: Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Aug 1770
    Event Place: Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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