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The Work of Our Hands Devlin family siblings (undated photo, c1870s). Back row, left to right: George F. Devlin; Jim Devlin; John Devlin; who became a dentist in Chicago; Robert Devlin who became a Brantford grocer. Front row, left to right; Elizabeth (Phelps) Devlin; Hugh Devlin who emigrated to the U. S.; William Devlin; Sarah Devlin. Devlin's Store in a sketch from the Brantford Expositor, Christmas 1892 ed., before the front was altered and much period architectural detail removed. This combination store and residence, built by Russell Hardy in 1834, was the birthplace of Arthur Sturgis Hardy. George F. Devlin purchased it in 1879. Still in the Devlin family, the building survives today as a restaurant. Courtesy Brant Historical Society.