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  • Name: John Seymour Handspiker
  • Birth: 20-SEP-1854/59 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Death: 1885 in: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Father: Moses Handspiker
  • Mother: Ellen (Grancy) Gaynor

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  • Married: 30-OCT-1879 in: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Notes: Have reason to suspect a connection between Margaret and Ellen Handspiker (b. 1879/1880). Margaret was born in Massachusetts, and John born in NS. Ellen is listed as a Niece-in-Law of a Mr. Coughlin (possibly, if Ellen is child of John and Marga ret, she was in the care of Margaret's aunt, who was married to Mr. Coughlin???) I know it's a longshot, but they are the only Handspiker families in the Boston area in 1880. Both of Margaret's parents were born in Ireland.

Here's an interesting 1900 US Census... might help shed some light... or offer even more confusion:

Other Handspikers in 1900 for Boston:

(Porter?) Franklin, head, Jun-1859, MA, MA, MA, teamster
Margaret, wife, Nov-1863, 36, (married 12 years), 6/3, MA, ME, ME,
HANDSPIKER, Martha M (or W), stepdau, Feb-1872, 18 (or 16), MA, Can, MA, (SHOULD read 1882, given age)
HANDSPIKER, Mabel C., stepdau, Feb-1876, 14, S, MA, Can, MA, (SHOULD read 1886, given age)
"HANSPIKER", Ellen, lodger, Jan-1840, 60, 4/0, Can, Ireland, (Ire or Eng),
arr: 1870 or 90, (Ellen, of course, being her FORMER Mother-In-Law)

TRULY, there is a lot of garbage to sort out on this family. Given the recent addition of an 1879 marriage, and Martha Margaret being born 1882, not 1872... makes for some interesting problems/concerns/searches/hunts/etc!

1880 Census...

All below residing at 234 Blue Hill Avenue, "Boston" MA.

Of note, no separate family numbering, all under same family/household:

Margaret DAVERN Self W Female W 65 IRELAND Keeping House IRELAND IRELAND
William DAVERN Son S Male W 19 MASSACHUSETTS Teamster IRELAND IRELAND
John DAVERN Son S Male W 14 MASSACHUSETTS At School IRELAND IRELAND
James COUGHLIN Self? M Male W 21 MASSACHUSETTS Teamster IRELAND IRELAND
Catherine COUGHLIN Wife M Female W 23 MASSACHUSETTS Keeping House IRELAND IRELAND
John COUGHLIN Son S Male W 3 MASSACHUSETTS MASS. MASS
George COUGHLIN Son S Male W 9M MASSACHUSETTS MASS. MASS.
Ellen HANDSPIKER NieceL S Female W 6M MASSACHUSETTS N. S MASS.
John FEENEY Other S Male W 40 IRELAND Laborer IRELAND IRELAND

Catherine is d/o Margaret

Folllowing explains, as it is her 2nd marriage:

Margaret, marriage in Boston, 23-Nov-1887, to Frank Parker, he was 28, she was 24, he was b. Boston, she was b. Dorchester, His parents were Benjamin and Melvina, hers were William and Margaret Davern, it was his first, her second marriage. See 19 00 Census for Parker, Franklin. Was her MAIDEN name Handspiker, as well? Or, was that her married name when she married Franklin? After all, it was her 2nd marriage. Ellen listed with family, but shows no surviving children as of 1900, so not sur e how this all fits.


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1/12/2007