Isobel Mary Grenville (Beckett) Devitt (1916)

Born Oct 1916 in Kensington, Greater London, England

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Biography

Isobel was born in 1916 in Kensington, Greater London, England. She is the daughter of Grenville Beckett and Isobel Hamilton Blackader. She was still living with her parents in Surrey, England in 1939. She married Harold Edwards Devitt on April 11, 1942, at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Sources

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 1a, Page 147
• Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers (Isobel Mary Grenville Beckett, residing at 1 Cronk Hill Road, with parents Grenville Beckett and Isobel Hamilton Beckett).
• The Montreal Gazette, April 13, 1942, page 15. (with photo) Mr and Mrs Harold Edwards Devitt, whose wedding took place Saturday afternoon in the Church of St James the Apostle. Mrs Devitt was formerly Miss Isobel Mary Grenville Beckett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Beckett, of Redhill, Surrey, England, and Mr. Harold Edwards Devitt is the son of the late Mr. E.W. Devitt and Mrs. Devitt, of Cornwall, Ontario.
• https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-blackader-stewart&pid=189782479 (Isobel Devitt (Oakville) mentioned as sister of Kathleen in Kathleen's obituary)
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ancestorsofcedric/genealogy/dec_gault/pafg11.htm#1319