Christian 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, Shantz, Sherk/Shirk, Stoltzfus, Sweigart, Weaver, Wise, Witmer, and Zimmerman. (539pp. illus. index. hardcover. Author, 2001.)