Descendants of Christian Shirk: Tanner and Preacher of ShirktownChristian Shirk (1796 1870) married in 1827 to Elizabeth Hoffman (1805 1862) and lived in Lancaster Co., Pa. He was ordained a minister at Churchtown Mennonite in 1837. They had ten children. Families: Bauman, Baxter, Bechtel, Beiler, Bewley, Bingeman, Binkley, Bowman, Brubacher, Burkholder, Clemmer, Cressman, Diem, Eberly, Good, Haines, Hoover, Hornberger, Horst, Hunsberger, Kraft, Martin, Mast, Messner, Nolt, Oberholtzer, Reiff, Ringler, Sensenig,

Structural Organization

numerous German genealogical resources

Beginning with the immigrant family Pierre and Madeline Armingeon

This encyclopedic genealogy of Christian Fike concentrates on the families of sons John (1750-1829) m

help with the old German script

face the draft in World War I

Names: Burkholder

Looming particularly large over Mart and Mattie's marriage was "the pulpit affair

during the late 1800s of Peter Clinger Hiller (1847-1898) m

Detailed driving tours allow the reader to easily visit all the accessible bridges

Frequent surnames: Hostetler

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