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Generation: 1

  1. 1.   (child of Jean-Paul RENAUD and Lucille LUSIGNAN).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jean-Paul RENAUD was born on 3 Mar 1930; died on 10 Dec 1988.

    Jean-Paul married Lucille LUSIGNAN on 22 May 1954 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,Notre-Dame. Lucille (daughter of Oscar LUSIGNAN and Rose-Alma WHISSELL) died on 9 Aug 2010. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lucille LUSIGNAN (daughter of Oscar LUSIGNAN and Rose-Alma WHISSELL); died on 9 Aug 2010.
    Children:
    1. Carole RENAUD
    2. Yves RENAUD
    3. 1.
    4. Johanne RENAUD


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Oscar LUSIGNAN was born on 19 Mar 1905 (son of Alfred LUSIGNAN and Eva LAMIRANDE); died on 1 Oct 1971.

    Oscar married Rose-Alma WHISSELL on 15 Jul 1933 in Hull (N-D-de-Grace),,,QUEBEC,,. Rose-Alma (daughter of Joseph WHISSELL and Mélanie (Mélanise) LEVEILLEE) was born on 11 Feb 1898 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 18 Jul 1992; was buried on 21 Jul 1992 in Quebec,,,,,St Dominique,Luskville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Rose-Alma WHISSELLRose-Alma WHISSELL was born on 11 Feb 1898 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,, (daughter of Joseph WHISSELL and Mélanie (Mélanise) LEVEILLEE); died on 18 Jul 1992; was buried on 21 Jul 1992 in Quebec,,,,,St Dominique,Luskville.

    Notes:

    Ottawa City Directory 1925, Whissell Rose-Alma, lvs, 36 1/2 Beechwood Ave.

    Children:
    1. 3. Lucille LUSIGNAN died on 9 Aug 2010.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Alfred LUSIGNAN

    Alfred married Eva LAMIRANDE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Eva LAMIRANDE
    Children:
    1. 6. Oscar LUSIGNAN was born on 19 Mar 1905; died on 1 Oct 1971.

  3. 14.  Joseph WHISSELLJoseph WHISSELL was born on 19 Sep 1863 in Curran,,,ONTARIO,, (son of Etienne-Guilbert WHISSELL and Claire LEBLOND); died on 13 Jan 1942 in Brockville (asylum),,,ONTARIO,,; was buried on 16 Jan 1942 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101).

    Notes:

    Joseph Whissell spent most of his life at the Brockville Asylum after being admitted on Apr 16th 1915 until his death on the 13th January 1942. Many thanks to cousin Richard Whissell who retrieved the hospital report made on Joseph WHissell (30Mb PDF format) while a patient there. You can read the summary at http://delavoye.ca/connection/documents/Joseph%20Whissell%20Brockville%20Asylum%20File%20summary.pdf

    Uncle William Whissell says that Joseph Whissell was an auto mechanic, very good at car body work, that he owned 2 houses in Hull, which he sold prior to moving to Vars, Ontario on a farm. That he had a nervous breakdown after his cows contacted a disease which killed most of them, that he was brought to Brockville, Ontario as a patient when Yvette was only 5 or 6 years old. He remained in Brockville until his death 35 years later. He was brought to Notre-Dame cemetery in Hull and buried in a common grave # 2244.

    Bapteme St Andre Avellin, Quebec:
    Le vingt deux novembre, mil huit cent soixante trois, nous cure soussigne avons baptise Joseph ne le dix neuf septembre dernier, du legitime mariage de Etienne Whissel cultivateur domicilie en cette paroisse et de Claire Leblond. Le parrain a ete Isaac Whissel cultivateur de cette paroisse et la marraine Olive Bourgeois qui ainsi que le pere ont declare ne savoir signer.

    C Guillaume

    1901 Census
    Province/Territory: Quebec
    District Name: WRIGHT
    District Number: 200
    Sub-district Name: Hull (City/Cité)
    Sub-district Number: l-5
    Schedule: 1
    Reference: RG31 , Statistics Canada
    Microfilm Reel Number: T-6549
    Finding Aid Number: 31-40
    Page 31, Line 37

    There are only 3 children(Cleophas, Rose-Alma, Yvonne) in the household in 1901

    La personne en charge du lot H-2101 au cimetiere Notre-Dame de Hull est Evelyne Seguin, fille d'Yvette Whissell, le 21 aoust 2002.

    Ottawa City Directory 1923, Whissell Joseph, labourer, lives at 36 Beechwood Ave.


    1911 census Canada, Quebec, Wright district page 15
    42 130 Whissell Joseph M Head M Sep 1866 44 01
    43 130 Whissell Mélanie F Wife M Jan 1872 39
    44 130 Whissell Clophas M Son S May 1896 15
    45 130 Whissell Rosealma F Daughter S Feb 1898 13
    46 130 Whissell Yvonne F Daughter S Aug 1898 12
    47 130 Whissell Sara F Daughter S May 1901 10
    48 130 Whissell Eugène M Son S Feb 1903 8
    49 130 Whissell Edgard M Son S Sep 1904 6
    50 130 Whissell Ovide M Son S Nov 1906 4

    Joseph married Mélanie (Mélanise) LEVEILLEE on 27 Aug 1894 in St-Viateur de South Indian,,,ONTARIO,,. Mélanie (daughter of Joseph LEVEILLEE and Cordelia RACETTE) was born on 21 Feb 1872 in Limoges (formerly South Indian),,,ONTARIO,,; died on 13 Feb 1936; was buried in 1936 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mélanie (Mélanise) LEVEILLEEMélanie (Mélanise) LEVEILLEE was born on 21 Feb 1872 in Limoges (formerly South Indian),,,ONTARIO,, (daughter of Joseph LEVEILLEE and Cordelia RACETTE); died on 13 Feb 1936; was buried in 1936 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101).

    Notes:

    Also have 1870-1938 as her year of birth, death.
    1901 census says she was born on 22 Jan 1871, Ont.

    Some say she died of cancer following an accident while ploughing her field with an ox. Apparently one of the handles she was holding struck her in the abdomen initiating the cancer.

    Lived at 32 Beachwood Ave, Clarkstown as Mrs Jos. Whissell

    Children:
    1. Cleophas WHISSELL was born on 27 May 1896 in Russell Co.,,,ONTARIO,,; died on 17 Jan 1956 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; was buried on 20 Jan 1956 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec B lot 250).
    2. 7. Rose-Alma WHISSELL was born on 11 Feb 1898 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 18 Jul 1992; was buried on 21 Jul 1992 in Quebec,,,,,St Dominique,Luskville.
    3. Yvonne WHISSELL was born on 12 Aug 1899 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 9 Oct 1985 in Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,,; was buried on 17 Oct 1985 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101).
    4. Georges WHISSELL was born on 22 May 1901 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 10 Sep 1933 in Aylmer,,,QUEBEC,,; was buried on 12 Sep 1933 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101).
    5. Eugene-Omer WHISSELL was born on 23 Feb 1903 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 30 Sep 1968 in Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,,; was buried in Ontario,,,,,Ottawa (Notre-Dame de Lourdes,section 41).
    6. Edgar WHISSELL was born on 5 Sep 1905 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 23 Dec 1983 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; was buried on 12 May 1984 in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101).
    7. Arthur-J-Oscar WHISSELL was born on 11 Aug 1909 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 30 Sep 1973 in Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,,; was buried in Aylmer,,,QUEBEC,,.
    8. Marie-Blanche WHISSELL was born on 4 May 1912 in Hull,,,QUEBEC,,; died on 27 Aug 1997; was buried in Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101).
    9. William WHISSELL was born on 1 Jul 1914 in Vars,,,ONTARIO,,; died on 20 Mar 1916 in Vars,,,ONTARIO,,; was buried on 21 Mar 1916 in Limoges (St-Viateur),,,ONTARIO,,.