Alvah Edison Devitt^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1865 - 1939  (73 years)

• Name	Alvah Edison Devitt
  Born	4 Aug 1865	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1890	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Salesman
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Store Clerk
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	dry goods clerk
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Clerk, General Store
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1939	79 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00030-2329
  Died	28 Jan 1939  [13]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Person ID	I12699	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor Benjamin Devitt,   b. 10 Jul 1835, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Sep 1910, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Nancy Lewis Bowman,   b. 1 Jan 1839, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1921  (Age 82 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1857	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14, 15]
  		Devitt,Benjamin-NancyL.Bowman-biblerecord.jpg
  Family ID	F2410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna "Annie" Weber,   b. 6 Apr 1869, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1950, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	14 May 1890	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 11]
  Children	1. Gladys Emma Devitt,   b. 24 Apr 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1970  (Age 78 years)   2. Edward Blake "Blake" Devitt,   b. 24 Oct 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1985, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States  (Age 93 years)   3. Frank Reginald "Reginald" Devitt,   b. 23 Nov 1895, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Mar 1976, Kidderminster, , Worcestershire, England  (Age 80 years)   4. Edith Olive Dorothy "Dorothy" Devitt,   b. 8 Feb 1902, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1945, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alvah Devitt, "is married to Anna Weaver and resides in Waterloo, Ontario, where he is engaged in the mercantile business."Alvah Devitt, Vol. I, No. 2329) has a family of three children, namely: Gladys Emma, Edward Blake, and Alexander Reginald." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. ________________ ALVAN DEVITT Alvan E Devitt, 73, CPR telegraph agent In Waterloo for 50 years. died at his home, 79 Erb street east today. Mr. Devil; suffered a stroke Jen. 7, In his office In the Equitable Life building He survived his brother, E. M Devitt, by slightly more than one month. The latter suffered a stroke Dec 13 on Erb street west, near the Dominion Life building, and died Dec. 18. Born In Waterloo, Alvah Devitt served as secretary of the public school board for many years. He attended the First United church. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Chosen Friends and the Royal Arcanum. Besides his wife. he is survived by two sons, Edward Blake of Cleveland and Frank Reginald of Kidder-minster, Eng, two daughters, Mrs. Fred Ruppel of Elmira and Mrs. A. C. McLean of Brantford, two brothers, A. Harvey Devitt of Kitchener and Dr. B. F. Devitt of Philadelphia, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 230 p.m. at his late residence, 79 Erb street east, with Rev. E. Val Tilton, pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 528. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 584. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 707. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 146. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12170-90. Alvah E. Devitt, 24, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, occ. Salesman, son of Nancy and Benjamin Devitt, married Annie Weber, 22, b. Elmira, res. Elmira, daughter of Elizabeth E and Solomon Weber, Witness(es) J. W. Lundy, Linwood, E. M. Devitt, Waterloo, Emma Weber, Elmira, Sadie Weylie, Waterloo, On 14 May 1890, at Elmira [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12170-90. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-4 Page 9. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) d-4 Page 9. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 18. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 42 Page 1. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 9. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95760443/alvah-edson-devitt. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Aug 1865 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Salesman - 1890 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 May 1890 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Store Clerk - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - dry goods clerk - 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk, General Store - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1939 - 79 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth