Family: Mayor Benjamin Devitt / Nancy Lewis Bowman (F2410)

• Father | Male Mayor Benjamin Devitt

  
  

  Born	10 Jul 1835	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	4 Sep 1910	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Married	29 Sep 1857  [1, 2]	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2]
  Father	Barnabas Devitt | F1513 Group Sheet
  Mother	Magdalena Shoemaker | F1513 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Nancy Lewis Bowman

  
  

  Born	1 Jan 1839	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	28 May 1921
  Buried		First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Father	Henry William Bowman | F2051 Group Sheet
  Mother	Amanda Melvina Lewis | F2051 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Ida Priscilla Devitt

  
  

  Born	31 Oct 1858	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	6 Mar 1927	Nepean, Carleton Co., Ontario
  Buried		Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	John Hinchcliffe | F3365
  Married	30 Jan 1886	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Emma Alvarena Devitt

  
  

  Born	16 Oct 1860	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	12 Jun 1925	Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Mayor - Warden Louis Jacob Breithaupt | F3513
  Married	Apr 1881

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Anson Harvey Devitt

  
  

  Born	Jan 1863	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Rachel W. Irving | F3368
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Alvah Edison Devitt

  
  

  Born	4 Aug 1865	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	28 Jan 1939
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Anna "Annie" Weber | F3517
  Married	14 May 1890	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Edward Morton Devitt

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1867	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	18 Dec 1938	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Hilda Edna Merner | F185899
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Dr. Benjamin Franklin "Franklin" Devitt

  
  

  Born	6 Jan 1870	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	4 Dec 1943	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried	7 Dec 1943	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Daniel Everett Devitt

  
  

  Born	CALC 25 May 1872	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	20 Feb 1874	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Hannah Oliva "Olive" Devitt

  
  

  Born	CALC 19 May 1874	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	27 Jul 1889	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), September 30, 1857. At Berlin, on the 29th instant, by the Revd. Mr. Smith, Mr. Benjamin Devitt, of Lancaster, to Miss Nancy Bowman, of Waterloo Village. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 7 Oct 1857. Bowman, Nancy married 29 Sep 1857 to Benjamin DEVITT At Berlin by Rev Smith. Benjamin, of Lancaster; Nancy, of Waterloo.