Salome "Sarah" Devitt^{[1, 2]}

1844 - 1921  (76 years)

• Name	Salome "Sarah" Devitt
  Born	11 May 1844	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Salome "Sarah" Bechtel
  Name	Sarah Devitt
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00007-0692.1
  Died	8 Apr 1921	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I12823	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	James Devitt,   b. 18 Sep 1810, , New Jersey ,   d. 28 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Salome Roos,   b. 23 Sep 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 2 Mar 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1837	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Family ID	F3547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob S. Bechtel,   b. 12 Feb 1840, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jul 1914  (Age 74 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1865  [3, 8, 9]
  Children	1. Elsie M. Bechtel,   b. 16 Sep 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1942, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA  (Age 75 years)   2. Byron D. Bechtel,   b. 24 Sep 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. Sarah E. Bechtel,   b. 26 Jul 1871, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jan 1951  (Age 79 years)   4. Orienta Estella "Orie" Bechtel,   b. 20 Sep 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Feb 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   5. Eveline Isabelle Bechtel,   b. 22 Sep 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jun 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   6. Mordina Bechtel,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Berdina Lydia Ann Bechtel,   b. 1 Jul 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Saloma Bechtel,   b. 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Augusta Bechtel,   b. 1880, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Amanda Caroline Bechtel,   b. 11 Nov 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1925, Yorkton, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 44 years)   11. Herbert Jacob M. Bechtel,   b. 16 Apr 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F3542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume VII, Number 24 - September 10, 1914, page 391. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 19907-12. Randolph McNichol, 25, b. Blenheim Twp., res. Saltcoats Sask., son of James McNichol, occ. Retired Farmer, and Catherine Gable, Married Amanda Caroline Bechtel, 30, b. Hespeler, res. Waterloo, daughter of Jacob Bechtel, occ. Retired Farmer, and Sarah Devitt, Witnessed by: Leona Desikemeyer and R. Snider, Both of Berlin, 28 Feb 1912 at Berlin [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..., 205. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-3 Page 5. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) d-3 Page 5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 pg 117. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 41. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 9. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 29. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 20 Apr 1837:19. 4 Apr 1837 Rev. F.W. Bindeman m. James Devitts, Waterloo, to Salome Roos, daughter of John Roos, in Preston.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 May 1844 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Apr 1921 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth