Michael Sherbahn

   Other names for Michael were Michael Sherbon and Michael Sherburn.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LCYW-2LY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Maytown, Lancaster, PA. ¹ On page 79 of the 1850 census in Maytown we find several Sherburn families living as neighbors.

Benjamin Sherburn, 33, brick maker, is living with wife Mary, 27; Margaret, 9; Lusinda, 7; Horace, 5; Abraham, 2; and Elizabeth Sherburn, 16. All were born in Pennsylvania.

Michael Sherburn, 44, farmer, is living with wife Elizabeth, 38; Frederick, 16, laborer; George, 14; John, 12; Ann, 10; Elizabeth, 8; Mary J., 6; Frances, 3; and Cyrus, 6 months when the Census was recorded on 26 Sep 1850. All were born in Pennsylvania.

Henry Sherburn, 30, brick maker, is living with wife Ann, 29; Franklin, 3; Frances,1; and Henry Sherburn, 19, brick maker. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Book: History of Lancaster County, 1889. ²

In 1855, Michael Sherbahn erected a brick-kiln at the south end of the village of Maytown, and the manufacture of brick has ever since been carried on there. Benjamin Henderson became owner of the property in 1870, and in 1882 L. B. Lenhart, the present proprietor, purchased it. All varieties of brick are manufactured here, and the annual production is five hundred thousand. Ten hands are employed in the business.

Michael married Elizabeth Bucher. (Elizabeth Bucher was born about 1812 and died on 12 Jul 1882 in Maytown, Lancaster, PA.)