Born in West Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Shirk
and Catherine (Forry) Schürch
Sister of
Catherine (Sherrick) Hüber, Joseph Sherrick, Jacob Scherch, John Shirk [half] and Magdalena (Shirk) Strickler [half]
Wife of
Christian Erb
— married
1756 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Christian Erb, Susannah (Erb) Brubacher, Joeseph Erb, Daniel Erb, John Erb, Mary (Erb) Schneider, Jacob Sherch Erb, Elizabeth Shirk (Erb) Schneider, Abraham Erb and Anna (Erb) Bricker
Died
at about age 77
in Waterloo, Upper Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2011
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Biography
Mary was born before 1737. She passed away in 1814.
Sources
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records] image 2374
- Christian Erb, (Oct 1734 - July 7, 1810)
- Son of Christian Erb and Maria Winger
- Married 1756, Maria Scherch, (1737 - Aug 17, 1814)
- 1. Joseph (1758 - 1830) married 1804 Barbara Shirkin
- 2. Christian (June 11, 1758 - Oct 25, 1820) married Elizabeth Hershey
- 3. Daniel (Apr 4 1760 - Sep 29 1837) married Elizabeth Longenecker
- 4. Susannah (Mar 17, 1762 - Jan 22, 1844) married 1781, Jacob Brubacher
- 5. John (Dec 8, 1764 - Sep 2 1832) married Magdalena Schrantz
- 6. Mary (Mar 2 1766 - Aug 27, 1835) married Jacob Schneider
- 7. Jacob ( Jan 25, 1768 - March 20, 1834) married Salome Graybill
- 8. Elizabeth (Jan 23, 1770 - Sep 29, 18180 married 1789 Christian schneider
- 9. Abraham (July 12, 1772 - Sept 6, 1830) married 1804 Magdalena Erb
- 10. Anna (Dec 11, 1774 - Oct 13, 1866) married John Bricker
- 11. Magdalena (Feb 2, 1777 - Dec 26, 1864) married Samuel Eby
- 12. Benjamin (Sept 27, 1789 - ) married Susanna Stauffer
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennoinite Vital Records
- ....
- Find A Grave: Memorial #58525449
- Family search and Biographical History of Waterloo Township.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Susan Kinzie 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Kevin Greybill :
23andMe, GEDmatch CN6715175 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kwgreybill
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HA4442858 [compare]
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~0.78%
Steven Sherrick :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #930968
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Brian Shaw :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member brshaw143
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~0.78%
~12.50%
Matthew Poulin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HR2130940 [compare], Ancestry member Matt_Poulin1983
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Andrew Shaw :
23andMe, GEDmatch TD6972597 [compare], yourDNAportal AND83d91460
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~0.39%
Ashlee (Brusven) Hunsperger :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AshleeHunsperger
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~0.39%
Laurie Kinzie :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member laurie_kinz
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Al Wopshall Jr.
Al Wopshall Jr.
Scherch-2 and Shirk-38 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
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by Al Wopshall Jr.
Rejected matches › Anna Maria Schirck (1738-1781)
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