Charles Henry
HANDSPIKER
Born
16 March 1841
,
Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
26 September 1906
,
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Born: 16 March 1841 in Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Father:
Jesse HANDSPIKER
Paternal grandparents:
Conrad HANDSPIKER
, Jane VAN TASSEL
Maternal grandparents:
William HANDELSPIKER
, Leah VAN TASSELL
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles Henry married Margaret THIBODEAU 30 December 1868 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret THIBODEAU was born 20 July 1841 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret died 9 May 1893
Charles Henry HANDSPIKER died 26 September 1906 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of Charles Henry HANDSPIKER
Charles Henry HANDSPIKER married 
Margaret THIBODEAU
Marriage date: 30 December 1868
Marriage place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret THIBODEAUMarriage date: 30 December 1868
Marriage place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Children of Charles Henry HANDSPIKER and Margaret THIBODEAU
Ainsley Stailing HANDSPIKERMarried: Dora Ethel HANDSPIKER 9 November 1910 Place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Birth — 184116 March 1841
Mount Pleasant, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1868 Marriage / PartnerCharles Henry HANDSPIKER and Margaret THIBODEAU 30 December 1868, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
He was 27 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1879 Birth of ChildAinsley Stailing HANDSPIKER was born 2 August 1879, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charles Henry was 38 years old.
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 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 190626 September 1906
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
He died at the age of 65.
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