Russell was born 8 April 1824 in North Gwillimbury, York, Upper Canada to Nathaniel and Sarah Ann Crittenden.
He married Nancy B Williams in 1843 at an unknown location.
He passed away from cancer on 26 June 1903 in the township of either Bethune or Franklin in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
Sources
"Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVX1-WJH : 18 November 2014), Russel Wilder, Sinclair & Franklin, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 11; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13243, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,879.
"Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL2-DXM : 13 November 2014), Russel Wilder, Chaffey and Franklin and Sinclair, Muskoka and Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148156.
"Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLK-W6J : 13 November 2014), Russel Wilder, P, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF1V-MMQ : 11 December 2014), Russel M. Wilder, 26 Jun 1903; citing Bethune, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, p 298 cn 020911, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,281.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Russel 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 Russel: