Christian R Shenk

1827 - 1891  (64 years)

• Name	Christian R Shenk
  Birth	2 Mar 1827	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Nov 1891
  Burial	Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I10554	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Catherine Manning,   b. 17 Aug 1840, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Aug 1879, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Catherine Shenk,   b. 24 Dec 1869, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Aug 1939, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years) + 2. Alice Shenk,   b. 3 Apr 1872, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jun 1938, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F3613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Christian Shenk, aged sixty-five years, a resident of Lititz for some years, dropped over on Tuesday evening, and in half an hour was a corpse. Death was caused from heart disease. He leaves twelve children, having had five with the first and seven with the second wife. The remains were buried at Kissel Hill church of Friday morning. (The Inquirer - Nov 14, 1891)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 071001-074000 (Reliability: 0). [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136277523/christian-r-shank.