Rachael Eisley

Rachael Eisley, (b. 17 July 1971), is the only child of Lionel William, a Swiss national, and Vera (nee Spence-McDougall) Eisley. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, but spent her early years in Montreal, Quebec, where her father was a financier with Wegelin & Co. When Eisley was four years old, her father died of a heart attack while driving in a car with his wife and daughter. After his death, her mother worked as a school teacher. In 1986, when her mother remarried, the family returned to their native St. John's.