Tierck Clafsen DeWitt and Descendants of His Son Luycas DeWitt [Paperback]

Vona (DeWitt) Smith (Author)

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Publication Date: May 14, 2004

The DeWitt genealogy is a fascinating study of twenty-six g

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About the Author

Vona Edna (DeWitt) Smith UE was born in Sandy Lake Manitoba, Canada in 1923 to Ira Smith DeWitt and Edna Belle Barker, the youngest of seven. She graduated with a scholarship from high school and enrolled in Brandon MB Normal School [Teachers College] and taught in rural schools in the Province. In 1942 she married Gilbert Doran Smith who servced inthe Royal Canadian Air Force. They moved to Vancouver BC in 1948. They have 4 children -- Corrine, Gilbert who has a daughter Kasia, Aida, and Julia who married Howard Webb who children are Brennan and Jenna. The author has 5 certificates and her husband had 7 granted by the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. The children and grandchildren all have their certificates.

She has a lifetime interest in family history. Her mother was an American, a descendant of Ebenezer Judd who fought against the British in 1776-1783. She visited his grave near Syracuse, NY as well as the graves of her grandmother Lovina Gertrude (Judd) Barker and great grandparents Philo and Mary (Adams) Barker in Brookfield MO. Thay had previously lived in North East, Erie County PA. Her grandfather Wilbur Jay Barker served in the Union Army in the American War between the North and South and moved with his parents and sisters to Missouri after the end of the war. With his second wife and children he moved to Manitoba in 1898. He is buried near Newdale, MB. Vona's mother was born in 1883, Grandfather Wilbur in 1843 and great grandfather Philo in 1803.

Vona DeWitt Smith is a skilled lecturer, journalist, researcher and mentor. Vona has lectured in Canada and the United States, has served as both a Loyalist Librarian and Geneologist for more than 15 years and is the past President of the Vancouver Branch of the UEL Association of Canada. Vona has been a major part in keeping the Association alive in BC working with other to help establish two new Branches in BC (the total now being four). It is Vona's dedication to research that has enabled so many British Columbians to affix UE (Unity of the empire) after their names. This is the only hereditary

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (May 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412019567
• ISBN-13: 978-1412019569
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8 x 0.5 inches
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