In the 1901 census Silas (age 6) was living in Simonds, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.[3]
In the 1910 census Silas (age 15) was living in Ludlow, Aroostook, Maine.[4]
In the 1911 census Silas (age 16) was living in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.[5]
In 1914 Silas (age about 19) was living in Canada.[6]
Silas died at the age of 23 on 31 October 1917 at Belgium.[6]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11891 Census: Title: 1891 Census of Canada Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. . Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-18 Note:. Citing: Page: 1891 Census of Canada Note: Ancestry Record 1891canada #353537 Note: Data: Text: birth date: October 1894 birth place: New Brunswick residence date: 1891 residence place: Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Ancestry Record 1274 #353537 (accessed 22 November 2020)
↑Birth: Title: Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Images are used with the permission of Library and Archives Canada. Original data - Canada. "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)." Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box Note:. Citing: Page: Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 Note: Ancestry Record cansoldierwwi #641730 Note: Data: Text: birth date: October 1894 birth place: New Brunswick Ancestry Record 1086 #641730 (accessed 22 November 2020)
↑1901 Census: Title: 1901 Census of Canada Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. . Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-19 Note:. Citing: Page: 1901 Census of Canada Note: Ancestry Record 1901canada #14851142 Note: Data: Text: residence date: 1901 residence place: Simonds, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada birth date: October 1894 birth place: New Brunswick Ancestry Record 8826 #14851142 (accessed 22 November 2020)
↑1910 Census: Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was Note:. Citing: Page: 1910 United States Federal Census Note: Ancestry Record 1910uscenindex #148216791 Note: Data: Text: residence date: 1910 residence place: Ludlow, Aroostook, Maine birth date: October 1894 birth place: New Brunswick Ancestry Record 7884 #148216791 (accessed 22 November 2020)
↑1911 Census: Title: 1911 Census of Canada Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. . Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-19 Note:. Citing: Page: 1911 Census of Canada Note: Ancestry Record 1911canada #3305398 Note: Data: Text: birth date: October 1894 birth place: New Brunswick residence date: 1911 residence place: Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Ancestry Record 8947 #3305398 (accessed 22 November 2020)
↑ 6.06.1Burial: Title: Canada, CEF Burial Registers, First World War, 1914-1919 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data - War Graves Registry: Circumstances of Death Records. Record Group 150, 19921993/314, Boxes 145238. Library and Archives Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Original data Note:. Citing: Page: Canada, CEF Burial Registers, First World War, 1914-1918 Note: Ancestry Record cawargravesr #17290 Note: Data: Text: residence date: 1914 residence place: Canada death date: 31 Oct 1917 Ancestry Record 1973 #17290 (accessed 22 November 2020)
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 November 2020), memorial page for Private Silas Dewitt (8 Oct 1894–31 Oct 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #11989691, citing Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium ; Maintained by L.Stokes (contributor 47667004) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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