Aaron Theodore Rossignol

Aaron Theodore Rossignol

• Father: George W. Rossignol b. 1852, d. 1918
• Mother: Lula Mary Cope b. 1861, d. September 1923

• Aaron Theodore Rossignol was born on 27 June 1888 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
• He married Elizabeth Mary Douglass, daughter of Eaton J. Douglass and Emma L. Allen, circa 1911.
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol appeared in the 1911 Savannah, Georgia, City Directory at 418 Harris lwith Elizabeth, listed as a blacksmith employed by J. A. Rossiter, with the same listing in 1912..
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol (and Elizabeth Mary Douglass) appeared in the 1916 Savannah, Georgia, City Directory at 533 Broughton lwith Elizabeth M., listed as a blacksmith. In 1917, they are living at 41 Houston, and he is engaged in automobile repair..
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia, while living with his wife and three children at 729 Sixth Street NE, and employed as an automobile mechanic by Chapin Sacks Company.
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol (and Elizabeth Mary Douglass) appeared in the 1919 Washington, District of Columbia, City Directory at 729 Sixth Street NE listed as a machinist..
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol (and Elizabeth Mary Douglass) appeared in the 1920 Washington, District of Columbia, City Directory at 218 12th Street NW listed with J. Walter Cumberland as "Rossignol & Cumberland," automobile repairs..
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol and Elizabeth Mary Douglass appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, at 218 12th Street. Other members of the household included Evelyn L. Rossignol, William George Rossignol, Douglas Charles Rossignol and Emma L. Douglass.
• He was operating a garage, according to the 1920 census.
• Aaron Theodore Rossignol died on 17 June 1923 at age 34 in Arlington, Virginia.
• His wife Elizabeth Mary Douglass became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia.
• The following appeared on 18 June 1923 in the Watertown Daily Times: Washington, June 18.--Before the eyes of his wife and six small children, Aaron T. Rossignol, 36, of Clarendon, Va., met death here yesterday when he dove from an airplane into the Potomac river 60 feet below. Rossignol, who struck on his back in the dive and went down before help could reach him, attempted the stunt for the entertainment of a beach resort crowd.
• On 9 October 1923, Aaron T. Rossignol, of Washington, DC, was awarded a patent for an improved reamer. (Application filed 22 October 1921, Serial No. 509,553, Patent No. 1,470, 545, assigned to J. Page Laughlin Holdings Company, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.)
• The following appeared on 8 May 1987 in The Washington Post: [Died] Douglas Charles Rossignol [o]f Riverside, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Md; on Wednesday, May 6, 1987, in Washington, C.C. Born in Washington, D.C. March 15, 1918; son of the late Aaron Theodore Rossignol and Elizabeth Mary Douglas; he is survived by his wife of 49 years, Ellen Athey Kephart Rossignol; brother of Evelyn L. Toney of Leonardtown, Md., William Rossignol of Silver Spring, Md., Elizabeth O. Strong of Miami Fla., and the late Allen Theodore Rossignol and John Page Rossignol; father of Grant Allen Rossignol and his wife Kathy of Potomac, Md., Kenneth Charles Rossignol and wife Janeen of Lexington Park, and Melinda Ruth Rossignol-Ashworth and her husband Joe of Atlanta, Ga., Lee Patrick Rossignol and his wife, Kale Rosloff of Los Angeles, Calif. and the late John (Jack) William Rossignol; grandfather of Amy Elizaeth, Ethan Arron and Amanda Louise Rossignol, Andrew John Rossignol, Sara Ellen and Alexndra Leigh Ashworth. Friends may call at the Mattingly Funeral Home, Leonardtown Md. on Friday, May 8 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where prayers will be said at 8 p.m. Additional viewing for friends Saturday, May 9 after 8 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Saturday, May 9 at 9:30 a.m., in Our Lady's Church, Medley's Neck, Md. Interment will follow at 12:30 p.m. in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Georgia Ave., Wheaton, Md. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Associaiton. Reception willo follow in American Legion Post Home 86 in Rockville, Md.

• Last Edited: 23 Oct 2012

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