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Joseph Shirk 1738–1811 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 April 1738

Birth Location: Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 28 May 1811

Death Location: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Casper Sherick

Mother: Magdalena Foulke

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Joseph Shirk was born in 1738 in Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Casper Sherick And Magdalena Foulke. Joseph Shirk passed away in 1811 in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • Joseph Shirk was born in 1738 in Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Casper Sherick And Magdalena Foulke.
  • Joseph Shirk passed away in 1811 in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Joseph Shirk's Ancestors

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Joseph Shirk
1738–1811
Birth Place: Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Casper Sherick
1705–1770
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, or Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Magdalena Foulke
1710–1796
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
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
Hans Neukommet
1675–1733
Hinten, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland
Hans Neukommet
1684–
Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
Jakob Schurch
1627–1692
Anna Muhmenthaler
1628–1655
Jacob Burkhardt
1636–
Barbara Graber
1636–1700
Daniel Neukommet
1644–1700
Madlena Schenk
1643–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Caspar Schurch
1585–
Peter Mummenthaler
1600–
Anna Hiltbrunner
1605–
Jakob Burkhart
1603–
Barbara Scheidegger
1608–1648
Wolfgang Newcomer
1620–1670
Elsbeth Stauffer
1620–1680
Michael Schenk
1590–1672
Anna Stauffer
1602–1672

Joseph Shirk's Timeline

2 Records

1738
19 April 1738
Birth of Joseph Shirk in Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
1811
28 May 1811
Age 73
Death of Joseph Shirk in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 April 1738
    Event Place: Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 May 1811
    Event Place: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

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