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Notes: Have 1901 Census birthday as 12-Apr-1880 (one date b.d. other christening/baptism?) Of note is the presence of an Ainsley (Ensley) Stailing, son of George Stailing and his wife, Susan, residing in Digby County during the 1871 Census, liste d as 22 years of age. This could possibly be who THIS Ainsley was named after. The "ORIGINAL" Ainsley (Ensley) Stailing was born around 1849, married wife Carrie, before 1881, had Annie M. (@1874), Georgetta (@1876), George S. (@1877) and Mau d D. (@1880).

Ainslie S. Handspiker - Digby Courier - Thursday Oct.6, 1961
Ainslie Stailing Handspiker, resident of Digby, passed away at his home on Thursday morning suddenly. Born at Mount Pleasant, 82 years ago, he was the son of the late Charles and Margaret Thibodeau Handspiker. He was employed with the Maritime Na tional Fish as a fish handler for over forty years. He was a member of the Grace United Church and also a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters.

Surviving, besides his wife, the former Dora Handspiker, are three sons, Arnold, Garnet and Osborne, of Mount Pleasant, a daughter, Audrey (Mrs. Cecil VanTassel) of Digby, twenty-three grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The remains re sted at Jayne's Funeral Home in Digby and Saturday, when they were taken to Grace United Church for service at 2/3 p.m. Rev. B. H.
Hughes conducted the service and interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Digby.

1911 Culloden Census:
34 63 Handspiker Ensley M Head M Aug 1882 29 1901
35 63 Handspiker Dora F Wife M Apr 1893 18
Listed JUST below James Alfred and Elizabeth's group, including a Dora, Single, b. Apr-1893!!!!!

What GIVES????


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  • Married: 9-NOV-1910 in: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
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  • Name: Dora Ethel Handspiker
  • Birth: 20/21-APR-1893 in: Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Death: 18-JAN-1985 in: Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Father: James Alfred Handspiker
  • Mother: Elizabeth May Milbury

Notes: Some records only account for children Arnold (Harold) Victor Handspiker and Osborne Edson Handspiker. No Garnet or Audrey. Additionally, since Dora isn't exactly a common name, and a Dora H. married L. Newton Ross - see below - I wonder if she wa s married twice?? Here's the obit for L. Newton (assume he'd have been her 2nd husband - Though, since Ainsley died only two years before (Leander) Newton Ross, I doubt it's the same Dora!):

Placed here as a placemarker, for when other Dora found. Perhaps it's that "Dorah"?

June 1963: " L. Newton Ross, retired fisherman, passed away June 28 at the Digby General Hospital following a short illness. Born at Culloden 79 years ago (14-Sep-1883, Son of John Ross, b. 19-May-1850 d. 1935), and except for a brief period of em ployment in the United States, was a lifetime resident of that village. Surviving are his wife the former Dora Handspiker; 3 daughters, Barbara (Mrs. Elliott VanTassel) Mount Pleasant; Dora (Mrs. Basil Tufts), Clyde River; and Aldyth (Mrs. Leo Kay e), Culloden; 5 sons, James, Marshalltown; John, Seabrook; Edward, Yarmouth; Frank and Robert, Culloden.

Digby Courier, Nov.11, 1910
MARRIAGE----At the Baptist Parsonage on the 9t. instby Rev. A. J. Archibald, Ensley Stailing Handspiker to Dora Handspiker

Obit for Dora in "DWC - 23-Jan-1985"
Mrs. Dora Ethel Handspiker, age 91, of Digby, died January 18 at Tideview Terrace, Digby. Born in Mount Pleasant, Digby Co., she was a daughter of the late James and Lizzie (Milberry) Handspiker. She was a member of Unit I, Grace United Church , Digby. She is survived by one son, Garnet of Mount Pleasant, one daughter, Audrey (Mrs. Cecil VanTassel), of Lighthouse Road, Digby; 21 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her
husband, Ainslie; two sons, Arnold, Osburn, one brother, Edison, three sisters, Jane, Lena, Amie, one half-sister, Mabel; three grandchildren and two great-granchildren. Body rested at Jayne's Funeral Home, Digby, from where funeral service wa s held on Jan. 19, Rev. Lawrence MacIsaac officiated with interment at Fairview Cemetery, Digby. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory may be made to the Grace United Church, Digby

Listed with parents AND husband? in 1911 Culloden Census???? Or... ARE there two Dora Handspikers in 1911? She's listed as single with parents!


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