James Alfred HANDSPIKER

Born

10 September 1848 , Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

17 January 1937 , Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents & Family of James Alfred HANDSPIKER

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Born: 10 September 1848 in Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of James Alfred HANDSPIKER

Father

Jesse HANDSPIKER

Mother

Bethia HANSELSPIKER (HANDELSPIKER)

Grandparents of James Alfred HANDSPIKER

Paternal grandparents

Conrad HANDSPIKER Jane VAN TASSEL

Maternal grandparents

William HANDELSPIKER Leah VAN TASSELL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

James Alfred married Lizzie May MILBURY 13 April 1887 in Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lizzie May MILBURY was born 6 March 1865 in Port Loren, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lizzie May died 22 January 1960 in Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lizzie May was the child of David Fletcher MILBURY and Leah MARSHALL.

James Alfred HANDSPIKER died 17 January 1937 in Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of James Alfred HANDSPIKER

James Alfred HANDSPIKER married

Lizzie May MILBURY
Marriage date: 13 April 1887
Marriage place: Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lizzie May MILBURY was the child of David Fletcher MILBURY and Leah MARSHALL

Children of James Alfred HANDSPIKER and Lizzie May MILBURY

Dora Ethel HANDSPIKER

Born: 20 April 1893, Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: January 1985,

Married: Ainsley Stailing HANDSPIKER 9 November 1910 Place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1848
10 September 1848
Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 Marriage / Partner
James Alfred HANDSPIKER and Lizzie May MILBURY 13 April 1887, Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 38 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Birth of Child
Dora Ethel HANDSPIKER was born 20 April 1893, Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

James Alfred was 44 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1910 Marriage of Child
Dora Ethel HANDSPIKER married 9 November 1910, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada to Ainsley Stailing HANDSPIKER

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada