Matthew Devitt

1852 - 1856  (3 years)

• Name	Matthew Devitt
  Born	7 Oct 1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205958007
  Misfortune	drowned
  Eby ID Number	00030-2341
  Died	10 Jun 1856	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: drowned
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I12816	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Barnabas Devitt,   b. 25 Mar 1807, , New Jersey ,   d. 20 Jan 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Shoemaker,   b. 20 Nov 1811, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Nov 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Married	1 May 1831	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Matthew Devitt, "was born October 7th, 1852, and was drowned in the creek at Bridgeport, June 10th, 1856." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 530. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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..., 452. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Oct 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: drowned - 10 Jun 1856 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth