- Name: Robert Elmer Weir
- Birth: 1869 in: Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 10-SEP-1934
- Father: Robert Elmer Weir
- Mother: Martha J. Robbins
Notes:
- Married:
- Name: Lillian Stark
- Birth: 06-MAY-1872 in: Broad Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 27-OCT-1961 in: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Father: Benjamin Chesley Stark
- Mother: Mary Eliza Handspiker
Notes: Also seen as Lillian "Spark" (see below).
Date listed:Thursday, November 2, 1961
Decedent: Mrs Lillian Weir
Source: Digby Courier
Surnames: HANDSPIKER, SPARK, THERIAULT, WEIR
Submitter: Luella Marshall
Mrs Lillian WEIR , widow of the late Robert WEIR of Digby died Friday at the age of 89. She was born in Culloden, Digby County; the daughter of Chesley and Eliza [HANDSPIKER] SPARK. She is survived by two sons Arthur and Percy and a daughter Mr s Ralph THERIAULT all of Digby. The funeral was held from Grace United Church, Digby at 2 pm, Monday. Rev. R.H. HUGHES officiated and interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
The connection to Chesley "Spark" and Eliza was not possible, but, to Benjamin Chesley Stark and Mary Eliza Handspiker, it surely works. Eliza Handspiker was only 10 when Lillian was born. Whether or not "Chesley" changed his surname to be spelle d Spark, or, it was a typo, is up for debate.
In the 1891 Census of Digby County, Lillian is listed as "Lillie Stark" and "stepdaughter" to Charles Alex Adams and his 2nd or 3rd wife, "Eliza". Could Mary Eliza Handspiker, have married Charles Adams, sometime before 1891?
____ Stark
b. 6 May 1872
Female
Broad Cove, Digby Co.
F - Benjamin C. Stark, farmer, Broad Cove
M - Mary E. Handspiker
Other Spouses
Children
- Arthur Weir, b.
- Percy Weir, b.
- (daughter) Weir, b.
