- Name: James Venning Handspiker
- Birth: 9-OCT-1861 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 14-AUG-1929 in: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Father: Henry Gilliland (S?) Handspiker
- Mother: Rachel Stark
Notes: Gravemarker indicated birth year of 1860, vice 1861. Note the use of an upside-down "A" for the "V." Listed in 1901 as J. MANNING Handspiker.
1901 Census for Culloden, Digby County, NS:
9 37 90 Handspiker J. Manning (?) M Head M Oct 9 1861 39
9 38 90 Handspiker Sarah F Wife M Nov 23 1855 45
9 39 90 Handspiker Gilford M Son S Aug 25 1886 14
1911 Culloden Census:
15 59 Handspiker Vaminy M Head M Oct 1862 49 1901
16 59 Handspiker Sarah M Wife M Nov 1853 48 1901
17 59 Handspiker Guilford M Son S Aug 1887 24 1901
18 59 Handspiker Lloyd M Son S Apr 1901 10 1901
- Married: 11-NOV-1885 in: Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Name: Sarah Jane Stark
- Birth: 12/23-NOV-1853 in: Culloden, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 23-OCT-1923 in: Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Father: Thomas Mason "Tom" Stark
- Mother: Jane Elizabeth Handspiker
Notes: Digby Courier - 26-Oct-1923 (Friday):
The death took place on Tuesday evening at her home, Mt. Pleasant, of Sarah Jane, wife of Venning Handspiker, aged 70 years. Mrs. Handspiker was the daughter of the late Thomas and Jane Stark of Culloden and was a granddaughter of John Stark wh o with his two brothers emigrated to this country from Scotland in the Ship "Mary Jane" in 1789, settling in Culloden. In early womanhood she moved to Waltham, Massachusetts, and lived their a number of years, but on her marriage to Mr. Handspike r settled in Mt. Pleasant where she has lived ever since. Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Guilford - in Mt Pleasant and Lloyd in Manitoba. The funeral takes place tomorrow afternoon and interment takes place in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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