Herbert
(Bert)
Stitt
Born in Belfast
Ancestors 
Son of William John Stitt
and Isabella Jane (Dixon) Stitt
Brother of
William John Stitt, Elizabeth (Stitt) Irvine, Benjamin Rickaby Stitt, Robert James Stitt, Richard Robinson Stitt and Norman Dixon Stitt
Husband of
Mary McFee (Auld) Stitt
— married
15 Sep 1920 in York, Toronto, Ontario
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 94
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2016
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Biography
Bert Stitt was born in Ireland.
Bert Stitt migrated from Ireland to Canada.
Bert was born in 1897 in Belfast, Ireland, the 7th of 12 children. He was the son of William John Stitt and Isabella Dixon.[1]
His father had been a musician and teacher and had previously travelled abroad (Bert had older siblings born in California and Ontario) but returned to Ireland before Bert was born. In the 1901 census William was described as a grocer. However he seems to have got "itchy feet" again not long afterwards.
In 1907 his entire family emigrated to Lanark, Ontario.[2]
Bert married another emigrant from Ireland, Molly Auld in 1920.[3] Their first son Herbert Dixon Stitt was born in 1921. He died on active duty in April 1945 and is buried at Goesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.[4][5]
They had three more sons and a daughter.
- Walter Robert Stitt 1923-2005 [6]
- John Frederick (Jack) Stitt 1924-2005
- Mary Eleanor Isobel (Stitt) Hart 1926-1994 (married Thomas Hart)
- Norman Edward Stitt 1928-1978
He seems to have worked in the railway industry and wrote a book about his experiences.[7]
Molly passed away in 1982, and Bert passed away in 1992 in Toronto. They are buried together at York Cemetery in Toronto.[8]
Sources
- ↑ "Ireland Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPBG-BLWF : 11 March 2022), Herbert Stitt in household of William John Stitt, Holywood, County Down, Ireland; citing Census, Holywood, County Down, Ireland, 0000257474, Public Record Office of Ireland, Belfast.
- ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-G79C : 16 March 2018), Herbert Stitt in entry for John Stitt, 1911; citing Census, Lanark South Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,506.
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DC-H4W : 8 March 2021), Herbert Stitt and Mary Mcfee Auld, 15 Sep 1920; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,257,546.
- ↑ https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2232782
- ↑ https://www.facestograves.nl/LifeStories/STITT%20Herbert%20Dixon-LHN-bio-EN.pdf
- ↑ https://www.lounsburyfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/62529/Stitt-Walter-Robert/index.php
- ↑ https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/321845/journey-through-time-herbert-stitt-91-traces-47year-rail
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166831088/bert-stitt
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