Orton S. Devitt^{[1, 2, 3]}

1883 - 1957  (74 years)

• Name	Orton S. Devitt
  Born	26 Apr 1883	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	General Labourer
  Occupation	1907	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Machinist
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Machinist, Foundry
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	00108-6502.3
  Died	20 Sep 1957  [5, 8]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 8]
  Person ID	I5418	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Aaron K. Devitt,   b. 17 Nov 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Aug 1947, Whitby, Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Schwartz,   b. 11 Nov 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rosetta "Sadie" Ruppel,   b. 20 Mar 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Married	1 May 1907	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Victor Devitt   2. Helen Devitt   3. Carl Bertram Devitt,   b. 5 Oct 1907, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1993  (Age 85 years)   4. Olive Myrtle Devitt,   b. 30 Aug 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   5. Grace Mary Devitt,   b. 1 Sep 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1984  (Age 72 years)   6. Alice Catherine "Catherine" Devitt,   b. 4 Nov 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 2014, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 100 years)   7. Erma I. Devitt,   b. 4 May 1918,   d. 17 Oct 2010, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F19455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ORTON S. DEVITT Orton S. Devitt, 74 of Kitchener, died Friday at K-W Hospital after a brief illness. He was a former employee of the Canadian Blower and Forge Company. Mr. Devitt was born April 26, 1883, in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Aaron K. Devitt. He had lived in Kitchener for the past 65 years. His wife, the former Elizabath R. Ruppel, predeceased him. Surviving are two sons, Carl of Kitchener and Victor of Brantford; four daughters Miss Myrtle Devitt and Miss Mary Devitt, both of Kitchener, Mrs. Roy G (Catherine) Bauman of Waterloo and Mrs. David (Erma) Hoffer of Elmira; two sisters, Mrs. John Farr of Thistletown and Mrs. Armintha Brown of Winnipeg; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The body rested at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where services were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. E. E. Hallman, pastor of Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church, Waterloo, officiating. Burial was in Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Sep 1957 pg 5

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 368. [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..., 533. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020728-07. Orton S. Devitt, 24, occ. Machinist, b. Berlin, res. Berlin, son of Aaron Devitt and Mary Schwartz married Elizabeth Rosetta Ruppel, 25, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Waterloo, daughter of Justus Ruppel and Catherine (No Surname Given), Witness(es) Emmerson Ruppel of Waterloo and Adela Devitt of Berlin, 1 May 1907 in Waterloo [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-10 Page 3. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. Devitt/ Orton Devitt/ died Sep. 20, 1957/ aged 74. 4 mts. 24 dys./ Sadie Ruppel/ wife of/ Orton Devitt/ died Apr. 13, 1920/ aged 38 yrs. 24 dys. . A . G. Mary/ Devitt/ Sept. 1, 1911/ May 27, 1984 (B) Father (C) Mother (D) 0. Myrtle/ Devitt/ Aug. 30, 1909/ Jan. 15, 1990 (E) A.K. Devitt/ Nov. 17, 1856/ Aug. 24, 1947 [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 11. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38892149.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Apr 1883 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Birth - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - General Labourer - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1907 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 May 1907 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist, Foundry - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth