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

Barnabas Devitt

Male 1846 - 1913  (66 years)


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  • Name Barnabas Devitt 
    Born 18 Aug 1846  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149932235 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Clerk 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00030-2338 
    Died 1913 
    Buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7933  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Barnabas Devitt,   b. 25 Mar 1807, , New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Shoemaker,   b. 20 Nov 1811, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 1 May 1831  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F1513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Mayberry,   b. 1850,   d. 6 Sep 1926  (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Leah Elsie Devitt,   b. 1889,   d. 1903  (Age 14 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F1346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Barnabas Devitt, "was born August 18th, 1846. He resides in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he is engaged in the mercantile business. He is married to Emma Mayberry and has had one daughter named Leah Elsie. She died when about three years old."


      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..., 530.

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 18.

    3. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 78.

    4. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 18.

    5. [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..., 452.

    6. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Aug 1846 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clerk - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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