- Name: Blair Bernard Daley
- Birth: 01-MAR-1898 in: Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 27-SEP-1966 in: Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Father: Francis (Frank) Daley
- Mother: Elizabeth Kielly Post
Notes: Date listed: Saturday, October 1, 1966
Decedent: Blair Bernard Daley
Source: Digby Courier
Surnames: DALEY, HANDSPIKER, LATTIMER, POST, SWANSBURG, WALKER
Submitter: Luella Marshall
Blair Bernard DALEY of Mount Pleasant, NS, died at his residence on Tuesday. Born in Mount
Pleasant sixty-eight years ago he was a son of the late Frank and Elizabeth POST DALEY. He spent many years in the employ of the Martime National Fish Co., Digby NS. Surviving besides his wife the former Bessie HANDSPIKER are sons Bernard , Digby ; Victor of Halifax; daughters Kathleen [Mrs Jack WALKER] Digby Lillian [Mrs Paul SWANSBURG ]Kentville ; Brother Fred DALEY , Digby ; and a sister Mrs Imelda LATTIMER of Saint John NB . a brother and a sister
predeceased him. Seventeen grandchildren also survive him. Interment was in Fairview
Cemetery , Digby NS
Date of burial, most likely 30 Sep or 1 Oct 1866.
Not sure Blair was born at Mount Pleasant, more likely in Culloden, where he resided at age 3 in the Culloden 1901 Census.
- Married:
- Name: Bessie Harrison Handspiker
- Birth: MAY-1902 in: Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 20-JAN-1997 in: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Father: John Chesley Handspiker
- Mother: Cynthia Jane VanTassel
Notes: Pause to wonder... whether Harrison was her original middle name, or, she was briefly married to one named Harrison?
Date listed: Monday, January 20, 1997
Decedent: Bessie Harrison
Daley Source: Digby Courier
Surnames: DALEY, HANDSPIKER, SWANSBURG, VANTASSELL, WALKER
Submitter: Luella Marshall
BESSIE HARRISON DALEY --93, Digby ,died January 20 1997 at home. Born in Mount Pleasant ,
Digby County ,she was the daughter of the late John and Cynthia [VANTASSELL] HANDSPIKER. She was a member of the Grace United Church and was a volunteer for the Red Cross for many years. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family . Surviving are daughters Kathleen [Mrs Jack WALKER ] Digby; Lillian [Mrs Paul SWANSBURG ] New Minas; sons Bernard , Digby; Victor New Minas;16 grandchildren; 32 greatgrandchildren; seven great, great
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Blair; grandson Robert; sisters Della, Ada, Mae; Brothers,Len, Edgar, John. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 today and Wednesday in Jayne's Funeral Home, Digby, Funeral 2pm Thursd ay in Grace United Church, Digby. Rev. Jeffro BURSEY officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Digby. Family flowers only.
Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.
Prior to seeing the obituary, above, date of birth had been listed as 1908. With the calculations based on the above, could have been as early as 1904, hence the date range.
Other Spouses
Children
- Kathleen Daley, b.
- Lillian Daley, b.
- Bernard Daley, b.
- Victor Daley, b.
