Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Louisa Devitt

Female 1856 - 1927  (70 years)


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  • Name Louisa Devitt 
    Born 20 Sep 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145130704 
    Name Louisa Smith 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 00030-2342 
    Died 1927 
    Buried Zion Cemetery, Wainfleet Township, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12817  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Barnabas Devitt,   b. 25 Mar 1807, , New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Shoemaker,   b. 20 Nov 1811, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 1 May 1831  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F1513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Smith,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1946  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1883  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F3543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Louisa Devitt, "was born September 20th, 1856. She is married to Jacob Smith, a farmer. They reside at Forks Road, Welland County, Ontario. They have no family."


      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 
    1. [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.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12150-83.
      Jacob SMITH, 29, farmer, Canada, Wainfleet, s/o Jacob & Barbara, married Louisa DEVITT, 27, Waterloo, same, d/o Barnabas & Magdalena, wtn: Barbara SMITH of Dunnville & Benjamin KRUPP of Stratford, 25 Sept 1883 at Waterloo

    3. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 17.

    4. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 78.

    5. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 18.

    6. [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.

    7. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Sep 1856 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Sep 1883 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Zion Cemetery, Wainfleet Township, Wentworth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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