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

Ida Priscilla Devitt[1, 2, 3]

Female 1858 - 1927  (68 years)


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  • Name Ida Priscilla Devitt 
    Born 31 Oct 1858  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Ida Priscilla Hinchcliffe 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Roman Catholic 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00030-2326 
    Died 6 Mar 1927  Nepean, Carleton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20042  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Mayor Benjamin Devitt,   b. 10 Jul 1835, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1910, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Nancy Lewis Bowman,   b. 1 Jan 1839, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1921  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 29 Sep 1857  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
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    Devitt,Benjamin-NancyL.Bowman-biblerecord.jpg
    Family ID F2410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Hinchcliffe,   b. 1863, Streetsville, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 30 Jan 1886  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Agnes Ethel "Ethel" Hinchcliffe,   b. 29 Jan 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. George Frederick Hinchcliffe,   b. 7 Apr 1889, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Emma Adelene Hinchcliffe,   b. 13 Oct 1895, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Hinchcliffe,   b. 26 Nov 1900, Carleton Place, Lanark Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ida Devitt, "is married to John Hinchcliffe and resides in Waterloo." Ida Devitt, "(Vol. I, No. 2326) has a family of three children, namely: Ethel, George and Emnma Adline."


      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..., 528.

    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..., 146.

    3. [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..., 707.

    4. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 18.

    5. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 3 Page 22.
      name poorly written looks like Laseilla

    6. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 12.

    7. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 3 Page 22.

    8. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 3.

    9. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), September 30, 1857.
      At Berlin, on the 29th instant, by the Revd. Mr. Smith, Mr. Benjamin Devitt, of Lancaster, to Miss Nancy Bowman, of Waterloo Village.

    10. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 7 Oct 1857.
      Bowman, Nancy married 29 Sep 1857 to Benjamin DEVITT At Berlin by Rev Smith. Benjamin, of Lancaster; Nancy, of Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Oct 1858 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1871 - Waterloo City, 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 - 30 Jan 1886 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., 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 MapsDied - 6 Mar 1927 - Nepean, Carleton Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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