Elizabeth Mary Douglass

b. April 1892
  • Elizabeth Mary Douglass was born in April 1892 in Georgia.
  • Elizabeth Mary Douglass appeared in the 1909 Savannah, Georgia, City Directory at 1509 Whitaker listed as a stenographer with the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with the same listing in 1910 and 1911..
  • Emma L. Allen appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, at 1509 Whitaker Street. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Mary Douglass.
  • She was employed as a stenographer by an insurance company, according to the 1910 census.
  • She married Aaron Theodore Rossignol, son of George W. Rossignol and Lula Mary Cope, 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.
  • Elizabeth Mary Douglass became a widow at the 17 June 1923 death of her husband Aaron Theodore Rossignol.
  • 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.
  • The following appeared on 12 July 1927 in the Altoona Mirror: (Fairfax, Va., July 12) Four years ago Aaron T. Rossignol, young automobile mechanic of Clarendon, Va., tried to dive from an airplane into the Potomac. He was killed.
         One by one his wife was forced to give up her six children through inability to support them.
         Today the disruption of the family was complete, with Mrs. Rossignol made a ward of the state welfare board for a year. She was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to luring Edward Dougherty of Baltimore, into a lonely road and robbing him of #76.00 with a confederate's aid.
  • Research Note: Her date and place of death have yet to be discovered.
  • 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

Family: Aaron Theodore Rossignol b. 27 June 1888, d. 17 June 1923