Charles Henry
HANDSPIKER
(b.
16 March 1841
,
Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
d.
26 September 1906
,
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
)
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Charles Henry HANDSPIKER was born 16 March 1841 in Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charles Henry HANDSPIKER was the child of Jesse HANDSPIKER and Bethia HANSELSPIKER (HANDELSPIKER) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Conrad HANDSPIKER and Jane VAN TASSEL (maternal) William HANDELSPIKER and Leah VAN TASSELLSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles Henry married Margaret THIBODEAU 30 December 1868 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret THIBODEAU was born 20 July 1841 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret died 9 May 1893
Charles Henry HANDSPIKER died 26 September 1906 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Family and Children of Charles Henry HANDSPIKER
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Margaret THIBODEAU-- Date: 30 December 1868 Place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Children of Charles Henry HANDSPIKER and Margaret THIBODEAU:
Ainsley Stailing HANDSPIKER (b.2 August 1879, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 September 1961, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Dora Ethel HANDSPIKER 9 November 1910 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret THIBODEAU-- Date: 30 December 1868 Place: Digby, Nova Scotia, CanadaChildren of Charles Henry HANDSPIKER and Margaret THIBODEAU:
Ainsley Stailing HANDSPIKER (b.2 August 1879, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 September 1961, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada)m. Dora Ethel HANDSPIKER 9 November 1910 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
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1841 Birth 16 March 1841
Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1868 Marriage / PartnerCharles Henry HANDSPIKER and Margaret THIBODEAU 30 December 1868, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
He was 27 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1879 Birth of ChildAinsley Stailing HANDSPIKER was born 2 August 1879, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charles Henry was 38 years old.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1906 Death 26 September 1906
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
He died at the age of 65.
Added: 9/14/2025 2:06:54 PM
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