George Devitt

1840 - 1909  (68 years)

• Name	George Devitt
  Born	17 Sep 1840	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209054358
  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
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I82308	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  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
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F21460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 __________________ OBITUARY DEVITT. A Hespeler correspondent writes: It is with regret that we are again called on to convey the intelligence of the death Thursday morning of another old citizen, in the person of Mr. George Devitt, who has been a resident for the past forty years, and who passed away this morning at half-past nine after a most extended illness. He was born in the northern part of Waterloo County, and has resided in the county all his life. He could tell many incidents of the early days of the late Jacob Hespeler's career and would be able to speak upon it from having been a close observer all his life. He was the head shipper for the Brodie woollen mills for many years and his addresses upon cases and bales which went to every corner of our vast Dominion, were characteristic of his neatness and precision, few being able to surpass him with either pen, pencil or brush. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and was a great admirer of Rev. Robert Progue, under whose ministry he was brought see things in a spiritual light. to He passed away at his home, simply sleeping the sleep of the just. The Berlin News Record Kitchener, Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Sep 1840 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller and Hotel Keeper - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Woolen Mill Worker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shipper - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - book keeper - 1909 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: plumonary tuberculosis - 1 Apr 1909 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth