Ancestry of
Nathan Fillion

TV and Movie Actor

Joseph Désiré Fillion

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• • Great-grandfather of Nathan Fillion — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Désiré Filion 
  • Mother:
  • Philomene Michaud   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Oct 1879 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Québec, Canada 
  • Christening Date:
  • 17 Oct 1879 
  • Christening Location:
  • Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Québec, Canada 
  • Death Date:
  • 3 Jul 1939 
  • Death Location:
  • Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Marie Julie Jalbert
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Apr 1903 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Omer Fillion (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Desire Fillion's surname is also seen as Filion, Fillian and Philan.

• Sources for Joseph Désiré Fillion

  • ¹ Canada Census, 1891, Quebec, Rimouski, Mont Joli Village, p. 1, Image 1 of 16.
  • ² Canada Census, 1881, Quebec, Rimouski, St Fabien, p. 73, Image 37 of 37.
  • ³ Fall River Globe (Fall River, Massachusetts), 22 JAN 1921, p. 3, Obituary for father-in-law Arsene Jalbert.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MA, Bristol County, 1930, Fall River, E.D. 3-13, Sheet 17B, Image 32 of 38.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, MA, Bristol County, 1920, Fall River Ward 2, E.D. 40, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 33.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, MA, Bristol County, 1910, Fall River Ward 3, E.D. 137, Sheet 7A, Image 13 of 25.
  • ⁷ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/23/2020).
  • ⁸ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980, Death record for Desire Fillion.
  • ⁹ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Desire Philan and Marie Jalbert.
  • ¹⁰ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1916-1920, Fall River, Vol. 71, p. 101, Birth certificate for son Omer Fillian.
  • ¹¹ Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Baptism record for Joseph Désiré Filion.
  • ¹² U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Fall River, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1940, p. 238, gives death date.
  • ¹³ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Desire Fillion, gives birth year as 1876.

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