1840 - 1909 (68 years)
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Name |
George Devitt |
Born |
17 Sep 1840 |
New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
1861 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6] |
Clerk |
Residence |
1861 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6] |
Evangelical Association |
Occupation |
1871 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Miller and Hotel Keeper |
Occupation |
1881 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5] |
Miller |
Occupation |
1891 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7] |
Woolen Mill Worker |
Residence |
1891 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7] |
Presbyterian |
Occupation |
1901 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] |
Shipper |
Occupation |
1909 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
book keeper |
Eby ID Number |
Waterloo-82308 |
Died |
1 Apr 1909 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
Cause: plumonary tuberculosis |
Person ID |
I82308 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
11 Jun 2024 |
Father |
James Devitt, b. 18 Sep 1810, , New Jersey , d. 28 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) |
Mother |
Salome Roos, b. 23 Sep 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France , d. 2 Mar 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) |
Married |
4 Apr 1837 |
Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [8] |
Family ID |
F3547 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Louise Gerster, b. 1 May 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Mar 1937, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years) |
Children |
| 1. Violet Devitt, b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Herbert Devitt, b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
11 Jun 2024 |
Family ID |
F21460 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- "Glick's Hotel". Operated some years prior to 1854 first by Mr. Glick and later by his widow (grandmother of Abram and Charles). Later still by their mother, Catharine, who afterwards married Andreas Wehrle, father of Charlie Hespeler's wife, Lena. The Hotel was afterwards rented to George Devitt who in the years 1871-73 operated it as "The Devitt House" and in 1874, John Fields was tenant, and the name "The Fields House." Charles Glick ran it as a Temperance House, 1879-81.
Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954
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Sources |
- [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 pg 117.
- [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 3.
- [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 1.
- [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
George Devittt d. 1 Apr 1909 Hespeler, b. 17 Sep 1840 New Hamburg, s/o James Devitt (b. Pennsylvania) & b. Saloma Roos (b. Saxony, Germany) cause: plumonary tuberculosis
- [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 22.
- [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 6 Page 35.
- [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 23.
- [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 20 Apr 1837:19.
4 Apr 1837 Rev. F.W. Bindeman m. James Devitts, Waterloo, to Salome Roos, daughter of John Roos, in Preston.
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=1) | Born - 17 Sep 1840 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Occupation - Clerk - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Residence - Evangelical Association - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Occupation - Miller and Hotel Keeper - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Occupation - Miller - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Occupation - Woolen Mill Worker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Occupation - Shipper - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Occupation - book keeper - 1909 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Died - Cause: plumonary tuberculosis - 1 Apr 1909 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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