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  • Name: Jesse Handspiker
  • Birth: 16-JAN-1815 in: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Death: 12-MAR-1913/18 in: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Father: Conrad Handspiker, Jr
  • Mother: Jane VanTassel

Notes: Other source listed birthdate of 23-Jan-1817, but that may possibly be a baptismal/christening date. Year of death seen as both 1913 and 1918.

1881 Canada Census for Digby, Digby, NS, reads as follows:

Jessie HANDSPIKER M Male English 64 Nova Scotia Farmer Baptist
Bethia HANDSPIKER M Female English 65 Nova Scotia Baptist
Sarah E HANDSPIKER Female English 57 Nova Scotia Baptist
Jas A HANDSPIKER Male English 29 Nova Scotia Farmer Baptist
William A HANDSPIKER Male English 31 Nova Scotia Farmer Baptist

It is my belief that for Sarah E, the age of 57 should actually be 27, but that simply fits better with Jesse and Bethia's daughter. Perhaps she was some aunt???


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  • Married: 22-JUN-1840
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Notes: Also seen often as "Bertha." The name appears as "Bethia" on her grave marker and in some Census records. Though unlikely the same person, a coincidence worth pointing out. There was a Bethia Hanselpiker christened in Digby, 11-Nov-1816, possibl y at Trinity Anglican Church. The name is surely close. The date of christening almost a year before her listed birthday seems unlikely. Unless, of course, the birthdate is one year off (As any good genealogist knows "When dealing with centuries , one year is very small in magnitude as a measure of error. However, by that same 'small' measure, determinations can often be made between one person and another." - JWH)


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