_Frank BEELER ______________________
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_Henry Maxwell BEELER ____|
| (.... - 1984) |
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|--James BEELER
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| _Arnold (Harold) Victor HANDSPIKER _+
| | (1911 - 1980) m 1931
|_Donna Cheryl HANDSPIKER _|
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|_Emilie-Marie THIBAULT _____________+
(1914 - 1980) m 1931
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Of Waterborough Parish at time of marriage to Jane.
Wouldn't be at all surprise if "Valen" and Isaac were brothers.
There was a Valentin Krafft who came from Germany, arriving Philadelphia 25-Aug-1742 on the Brig Mary, under Captain John Mason, from Rotterdam by way of Cowes.
(http://www.palproject.org/pa/1742mary.htm)
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_Peter HAM(M) _______|
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|--Rebecca HAM
| (1831 - 1893)
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|_Polly PECK _________|
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Sometimes spelled with only one "m", as in Ham. Her obituary was short and sweet in the Digby Courier on 21-Apr-1893 - Friday: "At Mt. Pleasant on the 16th. inst., Mrs. David Handspiker, age 62."
Yet, a dear friend of her eulogized her in poetry which was printed in the same paper on the 28th:
Through the gates of pearl, to the land of rest,
Another weary pilgrim passed,
After years of toil, the master has called
His faithful servant home at last.
Sweetly she rests from her labors and burdens,
Life's battle is over, the victory won.
Earth's cares and sorrows distress her no longer,
To the home she has entered no sickness can come.
With meekness of spirit she patiently labored
To win souls for Christ and his kingdom of love,
Bringing hope to the hearts that were heavily laden,
By telling of rest in the mansions above.
Many a loved one long gone before her
Has learned from her lips of the crucified One,
Others have forded the river before her,
Already in Heaven to welcome her home.
Firm was her trust in the blest rock of ages,
Faith to her soul was the anchor secure,
In day of prosperity, storms of adversity,
Alike did that anchor hold steadfast and sure.
In the home circle now there's a chair that is vacant,
In the hearts there's a voide nothing earthly can fill,
But their loss to the loved one is gain everlasting,
Lord grand them submission to thy holy will.
We miss the kind voice and the form so familiar,
That to memory sacred will ever be dear,
And the influence sweet of a spirit so Christ-like
Will linger, with loved ones, to comfort and cheer.
In the sweet bye-and-bye, when life's journey is ended,
May we meet her again on that beautiful shore,
There with Christ and the dear ones who passed on before us
Dwell at home ijn the realms of the blest evermore.
- Mrs. William Post
Culloden, Digby, N.S.
April 19th, 1893.
According to 1992 Inventory of Grave Markers, Rebecca "Hanspiker" is buried in the "United Baptist-Digby Cemetery.
_Lemuel MORTON ______+
| (1753 - 1811) m 1780
_Charles MORTON _____|
| (1789 - 1858) m 1816|
| |_Martha NEWCOMB _____+
| m 1780
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|--Martha Alice MORTON
| (1828 - ....)
| _William WOODWORTH __
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|_Mary WOODWORTH _____|
(1798 - ....) m 1816|
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