Mary Samantha Nevills^[1]

1846 - 1892  (46 years)

• Name	Mary Samantha Nevills
  Born	20 Jul 1846	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Photograph Family Group	Henry Nafe and his wife Mary Samantha Nevills
  		Mary Samantha Neville & Harry Nafe From a binder called Hannah's Albums, (Waterloo Region Branch, OGS Collection)
  Name	Mary Samantha Nafe
  Name	Samantha Nevills
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Weslyan Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00032-2801.5
  Died	31 Dec 1892	Parkdale, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I19211	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor Titus Geer Simons Nevills,   b. 27 Sep 1820, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1886, Cheboygan, Cheboygan, Michigan, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Margaret Erb,   b. 11 Jul 1822, About Two Miles South-East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1909, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1842  [1, 6]
  Family ID	F2921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Nafe,   b. CALC 9 Jan 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1895  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1870	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Children	1. William Clarence "Willie" Nafe,   b. 26 Nov 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1877  (Age 6 years)   2. Maggie May Nafe,   b. 8 Feb 1874, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F31191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Margaret Erb with daughter Samantha From a binder called Hannah's Albums, (Waterloo Region Branch, OGS Collection)
  		Samantha with her mother Margaret Erb From a binder called Hannah's Albums, (Waterloo Region Branch, OGS Collection)

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Samantha Neville, "was born July 20th, 1846. She was married to Henry Nafe. They resided in Parkdale, Ontario, where she died December 31st, 1892. He died April 13th, 1895. To them were born two children, namely: William Clarence (dead), and Maggie May, married to Herbert Westwood, a traveller. They resided in Parkdale, Ontario." 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..., 621. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 7. [S250] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1871, Page 4. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 16. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. South: In/ memory of/ Henry Nafe/ died/ Apr. 13, 1895/ aged/ 46 y'rs. 3 mo's./ & 4 days/ West: In/ memory of/ Mary S. Neville/ wife of/ Henry Nafe/ died/ Dec. 31, 1892/ aegd [sic] 46 y'rs. 5 m's./ & 8 days/ Nafe/ East: In memory of/ Willie C. Nafe/ born Nov. 26, 1870/ died Oct. 28, 1877/ (A) Our Willie/ age 7 years/ [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 63. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Henry Nafe (merchant of New Hamburg) b. On Age: 21 born abt 1849 father: Noah Nafe mother: Mary Nafe (resident of New Hamburg) married Mary Samantha Nevills Age:: 23 born abt 1847 father: Titus S S Nevills mother: Margaret Nevills married 9 Jan 1870 Marriage Place: Oxford, Blenheim Twp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jul 1846 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Jan 1870 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Weslyan Methodist - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Dec 1892 - Parkdale, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth