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

Barbara Devitt[1]

Female 1848 - 1921  (72 years)


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  • Name Barbara Devitt 
    Born 20 Oct 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Female 
    Name Barbara Heist 
    Occupation 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  [10
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Income 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00030-2350 
    Died 1921 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I72302  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Sep 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, 11, 12
    Family ID F3544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John S. Heist,   b. 11 Jun 1844, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1908, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 10
    Children 
     1. Julia Florence Heist,   b. 28 Oct 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William Enon Heist,   b. 8 Mar 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1931, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     3. Dr. Alva Milton Heist,   b. 13 Jul 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F3554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Barbara Devitt, "was born October 20th, 1848. She is married to John Haist and resides on the old "Haist Farm" three miles west of Berlin. They have a family of three 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 14.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 18/188.
      John HAIST, 26, farmer, Canada, Waterloo, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth, married Barbara DEVILL, 21, Canada, Waterloo, d/o Dennis & Magdalena, witn: C.A. SPIES of Waterloo & D. DIPPEL of New Hamburg, 7 June 1871 at Berlin

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 28.
      Barbara DAVITT Birthplace: Canada Age 4 Evangelical b. 30-Sep

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

    7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div.. 20 Page 2.

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

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

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

    11. [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.

    12. [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 - 20 Oct 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Jun 1871 - Kitchener, 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 MapsOccupation - Evangelical - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1911 - Kitchener, 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 MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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