Born in Île-Jésus, Lower Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Antoine Rossignol
and [mother unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
in Reach, York, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Dec 2020
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Biography
François Rossignol’s Baptism Was held 29 Mars 1795 at the church of Ste-Rose-de-Lima at Laval, Québec [1]
By the 1871 census, François Rossignol had changed his name to the phonetic/English spelling of Francis Rusnell
01 June, 1834 • Whitchurch Twp, York County, Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada Francis and Harriet Rusnell along with daughter Elizabeth joined the 1st Baptist Church of Pickering and Whitchurch. [2]
Father Antoine Rossignol, Mother Marie Joseph Ouimet
Sources
- ↑ Actes d’état civil et registres d’église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1967 https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7489507/person/-1005286178/facts
- ↑ Records of the 1st Baptist church of Claremont, in Pickering 1821-1866
- "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7P-9PL : 26 March 2020), Francis Rusnall, 26 Jul 1871
- Canada Census 1861 http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4391564_00545
- Canada Census 1871 http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396345_00478
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231968237/francis-rusnell: accessed 17 July 2023), memorial page for Francis Rusnell (unknown–26 Jul 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 231968237, citing Kendall Cemetery, Utica, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Keith Stait-Gardner (contributor 47143947).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francis:
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Marybeth (O'Gorman) Wright 
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~0.78%
Nancy (Wineinger) Fussell :
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~0.78%
Christopher Daniel Nightingale :
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~0.39%
Anonymous Drake :
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