Birth of Edward J. Fillingham in Montreal, Canada.

The evidence

• “Edward J. Fillingham is a native of Montreal, Canada, where he was born December 25, 1831. His parents, Isaac Fillingham and Mary (Hall) Fillingham, were natives of England, but in 1830 they went to Montreal, where they resided until 1832, when they returned to England.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 311 / book p. 809

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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