Joseph (Schrenk) Shrenk (1832 - 1912)

Born 17 Aug 1832 in Württemberg, Germany

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1912 at age 80 in Mornington, Perth Township, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Joseph Schrenk was born 17 August 1832 in Wurttemberg, Germany.

He immigrated to North America probably about 1853, however it is not certain whether he came first to Canada or to the United States. The surname spelling 'Shrenk' probably was conferred in context of his move to an Anglophone geography in either case, however it was recorded intermittently as Schrenk, or Schrenck.

The Joseph Shrenk family was doubly counted the 1870 U.S. census of New York City, ward 17, first on 22 June ^[1], second on 24 December ^[2]. In both sets of records, Joseph Schrenk was head of household, with spouse Mary (or Maria, nee probably Nelson, from either Ireland or England), with the same list of children, their age differences between the two records accounting for their intervening birthdays:

• Alexander Schrenck (1859-), age 13, born in Canada
• Barbara (Schrenk), age 9/10, born in New York; married Carl Friedrich Heiden
• Joseph Schrenk, age 6/7, born in Canada
• Anton (or Anthony) Schrenk, age 6, born in Canada; married probably Rachel Rye Cook
• Catherine "Kate" (Schrenk), age 1, born in New York; married Walter Fox

In both sets of 1870 census records, Joseph Schrenk is listed as carpenter or cabinet maker.

By 1881, this family had relocated to Mornington (Perth Township), Ontario, Canada, where Joseph was listed as a farmer ^[3]. In the Ontario census, the same spouse and children appear with ages coinciding with the New York City records. The following later born children also are listed, born in Ontario:

• Mary Shrenk, age 9
• Elisabeth Shrenk, age 5
• Robert Hanna Shrenk, age 3 (birth recorded in Mornington, 14 March 1878 ^[4])

Joseph Schrenk died 21 December 1912 in Mornington, Ontario ^[5]. His grave is in Greenwood Cemetery-Milverton, marked by a stone shared with his wife ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FD-CKB : 29 May 2021), Joseph Schrenk, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8XC-DDR : 29 May 2021), Joseph Shrink, 1870.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVF1-SY6 : Tue Aug 08 16:06:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Shrenk and Mary Shrenk, 1881.
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2F4-NQL : 13 February 2020), Joseph Schrenk in entry for Robert Hanna Schrenk, 1878.
5. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDTD-Y3T : 2 March 2021), Joseph Schrenk, 21 Dec 1912; citing Mornington, Perth, Ontario, yr 1912 certificate # 25549, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,861.
6. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-CJ4H : 30 January 2018), Joseph Schrenk, died 21 Dec 1912; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Greenwood Cemetery-Milverton, Perth East, Perth, Ontario, Canada.