KINLOSS ONTARIO JEWITT'S
Benjamin Jewitt and his brother John Jewitt immigrated from Yorkshire, England to Kinloss Township, Bruce County, Ontario in 1845.
Benjamin Jewitt b 1812 Farmer d 19 Jun 1900
+ Sarah Poulter b 28 Oct 1819 d 29 Dec 1905
... Richard Jewitt b 1852
... William Jewitt b 2 May 1858 m 1 Dec 1904 d 22 Feb 1924
....+ Ann Elizabeth Spencer b Dec 1888 m 1 Dec 1904
.........William Gordon Jewitt b Feb 1905 d 1993
........ + Katrina Waechter b
........ Sarah C. Jewitt (Sadie) b Feb 1909 d 1975
........ + Ernest Hastings b 1911 d 2001
.......Mary E. Jewitt b Mar 1911 d 2001
........ + (1) Percy Webster b Jan 1906 Lucknow d 1996
........ + (2) Ferris Loth b Jun 1908 Waterloo South
.........David Jewitt b 1917-1989
... John Jewitt b 1859
... James Jewitt b 13 Mar 1863 m 1897 d 25 Feb 1921 Lucknow
....+ Catherine (Kate) Barr b 9 Mar 1878 d 10 Apr 1907
......William Albert Jewitt b 4 Nov 1897 d 19 Oct 1918 ***
..... James Henry Jewitt b 19 Nov 1899m 1936d 1997
..... + Edythe Hendy b May 1907 d 1992
..... Margaret May (Mae) Jewitt b 1 May 1903
..... + James K. Edgar Plus five childrenb May 1904
..... Grace Catherine Jewitt b 21 Aug 1905d 29 May 1916
..... Catherine Cunningham b 1868Relationship unknown.
*** Private Jewitt was recruited by and served with the 160th Bruce Battalion reputed to be one of the best trained and equipped battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.He served in Company D, 106th Bruce Battalion for 26 months from 31 December 1915 to 28 February 1918.The 106th Bruce Battalion boarded the steamship Metagama in Halifax on the 18th October 1916 and arrived in England 28 Oct 1916. They marched and trained for the next seventeen months, waiting to be deployed to France as part of the Fifth Division of the CEF.Instead, the battalion was demobilized in England on the last day of February 1918, the officers transferred elsewhere, and the men sent to France as reinforcements to front line Canadian units.Private Jewitt was assigned to the First Battalion on 1 March 1918.He endured more than 7 months of trench warfare until he suffered a head wound on 18 October, and was moved to Casualty Clearing Station #1 where he died on 19 October 1918.He was awarded Great Britain’s Military Medal on 5 August 1919 for Gallantry in action.He is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.
Benjamin Jewitt died 19 Jun 1900 age 86.He was a native of Bridlington,Yorkshire, England. He is buried in St Helen’s Cemetery, West Wawanosh Township, Huron County, Ontario.
John Jewitt died 25 Nov 1883 age 72 and 9 months.He was a native of Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.He is buried in St Helen’s Cemetery, West Wawanosh Township, Huron County, Ontario.
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