Salome "Sarah" Devitt^[1]

1844 - 1921  (76 years)

• Name	Salome "Sarah" Devitt
  Born	11 May 1844	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Salome "Sarah" Bechtel
  Name	Sarah Devitt
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00007-0692.1
  Died	8 Apr 1921	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I12823	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 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   [9]
  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  [2, 7, 8]
  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. Orienta Bechtel,   b. Sep 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah E. Bechtel,   b. 26 Jul 1871, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jan 1951  (Age 79 years)   5. 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)   6. Orinda Bechtel,   b. 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. 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)   8. Mordina Bechtel,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Berdina Lydia Ann Bechtel,   b. 1 Jul 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Saloma Bechtel,   b. 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Augusta Bechtel,   b. 1880, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Amanda Caroline Bechtel,   b. 11 Nov 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1925  (Age 44 years)   13. 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	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F3542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume VII, Number 24 - September 10, 1914, page 391. [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