The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameSidney Bell (Syd) Devis 
Birthca 1891, London, England
Death1960
FatherHenry Thomas Devis (1845-)
MotherEmily Bray (1848-)
Misc. Notes
Name and year of death from Margaret Sweeney in an Ancestry messages dated 27 and 29 September 2017. Margaret is the x3-great granddaughter of Sidney Bell Devis (b.1816). Brian of nzolivers.com is a x3-great grandson of Emma Frances Devis (b.1814), sister of Sidney Bell Devis.
Margaret writes, “Syd Devis became the amateur GB weightlifting champion”.
“He had connections to Camberwell Weightlifting Club in London”.
Brian of nzolivers.com found on the web:
Syd Devis, of the famous Camberwell Weight-Lifting Club, student of W.A. Pullum and 10-stone Amateur Champion of Great Britain, 1916-17.
https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/2014/04/14/syd-devis/
Brian of nzolivers.com found Sidney also wrote a book, “All About Strandpulling”, first published circa 1940 and reprinted 1950.
Year and place of birth from research file25 in May 2018.
Link, emailed by Linda Burge on 27 May 2020, to a two page article that includes weight-lifter Sydney Devis:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47267818.pdf
Linda is the x2-great granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814
This article about the Camberwell Weight-lifting Club says, “Chief among these lifts were the remarkable feats of S. Devis 9st [9 stone)..... who were credited with lifting, in the one hand anyhow style, to the shoulder 250lbs [pounds] and 200lbs respectively”.
Margaret writes, “Syd Devis became the amateur GB weightlifting champion”.
“He had connections to Camberwell Weightlifting Club in London”.
Brian of nzolivers.com found on the web:
Syd Devis, of the famous Camberwell Weight-Lifting Club, student of W.A. Pullum and 10-stone Amateur Champion of Great Britain, 1916-17.
https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/2014/04/14/syd-devis/
Brian of nzolivers.com found Sidney also wrote a book, “All About Strandpulling”, first published circa 1940 and reprinted 1950.
Year and place of birth from research file25 in May 2018.
Link, emailed by Linda Burge on 27 May 2020, to a two page article that includes weight-lifter Sydney Devis:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47267818.pdf
Linda is the x2-great granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814
This article about the Camberwell Weight-lifting Club says, “Chief among these lifts were the remarkable feats of S. Devis 9st [9 stone)..... who were credited with lifting, in the one hand anyhow style, to the shoulder 250lbs [pounds] and 200lbs respectively”.