Joseph WHISSELL

1863 - 1942  (78 years)

• Name	Joseph WHISSELL
  Born	19 Sep 1863	Curran,,,ONTARIO,,
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jan 1942	Brockville (asylum),,,ONTARIO,,
  Buried	16 Jan 1942	Quebec,,,,,Hull (cimetiere Notre-Dame,sec H,lot 2101)
  Person ID	722	main
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Etienne-Guilbert WHISSELL,   b. Abt 1834, St Andrews East,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 30 Apr 1910, St Andre Avellin,,,QUEBEC,,  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Claire LEBLOND,   b. 5 May 1838, Grenville,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 7 Mar 1907, Hull,,,QUEBEC,,  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1855	St Andre Avellin,,,QUEBEC,,
  Family ID	132974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mélanie (Mélanise) LEVEILLEE,   b. 21 Feb 1872, Limoges (formerly South Indian),,,ONTARIO,, ,   d. 13 Feb 1936  (Age 63 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1894	St-Viateur de South Indian,,,ONTARIO,,   [1]
  Children	1. Cleophas WHISSELL,   b. 27 May 1896, Russell Co.,,,ONTARIO,, ,   d. 17 Jan 1956, Hull,,,QUEBEC,,  (Age 59 years)   2. Rose-Alma WHISSELL,   b. 11 Feb 1898, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 18 Jul 1992  (Age 94 years)   3. Yvonne WHISSELL,   b. 12 Aug 1899, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 9 Oct 1985, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,,  (Age 86 years)   4. Georges WHISSELL,   b. 22 May 1901, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 10 Sep 1933, Aylmer,,,QUEBEC,,  (Age 32 years)   5. Eugene-Omer WHISSELL,   b. 23 Feb 1903, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 30 Sep 1968, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,,  (Age 65 years)   6. Edgar WHISSELL,   b. 5 Sep 1905, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 23 Dec 1983, Hull,,,QUEBEC,,  (Age 78 years)   7. Arthur-J-Oscar WHISSELL,   b. 11 Aug 1909, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 30 Sep 1973, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,,  (Age 64 years)   8. Marie-Blanche WHISSELL,   b. 4 May 1912, Hull,,,QUEBEC,, ,   d. 27 Aug 1997  (Age 85 years)   9. William WHISSELL,   b. 1 Jul 1914, Vars,,,ONTARIO,, ,   d. 20 Mar 1916, Vars,,,ONTARIO,,  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2020
  Family ID	110084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jos Whissell 1863-1942
  		Joseph Whissell 1863-1942
  		famille Joseph Whissell - Mélanie Léveillée
  		Joseph Whissell epoux de Melanie Leveillee

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Joseph Whissell - Melanie Leveillee marriage certificate
  		Joseph Whissell death registration 1942
  		Joseph Whissell Brockville Asylum File summary
  		Joseph Whissell 1901 census Canada
  		Joseph Whissell 1911 Canada census

  
  

  Headstones

  Joseph Whissell 1863-1942

  
  

  Albums

  Joseph Whissell- Melanie Leveillee photo album

  
  

  Baptism		Joseph Whissell baptême 22 novembre 1863
  		Joseph Whissel bapteme 1863

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [110087] Repertoire des mariages de Ste-Euphémie de Casselman, Ont. 1886-1897, REP ON 01., 9 (Reliability: 3).