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Magdalena Devitt[1]

Female 1850 - 1936  (85 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Devitt 
    Born 12 Aug 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207459484 
    Name Magdalena Heist 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Methodist 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Methodist 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Methodist 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Methodist 
    Residence 1921  19 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00030-2351 
    Died 7 Jul 1936  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14] 
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14] 
    Person ID I12857  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Dennis Devitt,   b. 18 Aug 1813, , New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Keller,   b. 29 Jan 1819, , York Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 2 May 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 15, 16] 
    Family ID F3544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simon B. Heist,   b. 6 Aug 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Mar 1870  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10, 13] 
    Children 
     1. Dr. Edgar Devitt Heist,   b. 12 Jan 1871, Nine Pines, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Dr. Albert Aaron Heist,   b. 31 Jul 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1955, Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     3. Harvey Devitt Heist,   b. 18 Jan 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     4. Laura Manetta Heist,   b. 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Maggie Elenor "Lenora" Heist,   b. Mar 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1932, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     6. Melvin Dennis Heist,   b. 9 Aug 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1950  (Age 68 years)
     7. Corporal Claude Lorne Heist,   b. 12 Dec 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Devitt, "was born August 12th, 1850. She is married to Simon Haist and lives on the old "Haist Farm" three miles west of Berlin. They have a family of seven children,"


      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..., 840.

    2. [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..., 532.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 1.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Simon Heist Born: Waterloo Age: 24 Father: Simon Heist Mother: Magdalena Heist Born: abt 1846 Spouse: Magdalena Devitt Age: 19 born: Waterloo Father: Dennis Devitt Mother: Magdalena married 22 Mar 1870 married: Waterloo, Berlin

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 28.
      Magdalena DAVITT Birthplace: Canada Age 2 Evangelical b. 24-Aug

    6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 15.

    7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 12.

    8. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 3 Page 17.

    9. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 24.

    10. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 14.

    11. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 49.

    12. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207459484.

    13. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 50.

    14. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      MAGDALENA DEVITT / Wife of / SIMON B. HEIST / 1850 - 1936 / Peace.

    15. [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..., 531.

    16. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 4 May 1837:21.
      2 May 1837 Benjamin Eby m. Dennis Devitt to Magdalena Keller, both of Waterloo Township.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Aug 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Mar 1870 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Jul 1936 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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