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Filion Family Crest
Filion Family Crest
Filion

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Where did the French Filion family come from? What is the French Filion family crest and coat of arms? When did the Filion family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Filion family history?

From the historical and enchanting region of France emerged a multitude of notable family names, including that of the distinguished Filion family. Originally, the people in this region went by one (personal) name. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. These names then began to become "fixed" or hereditary between the generations. One of the types of names adopted as surnames were those derived from nicknames. Nicknames, or "eke-names," were an added name that generally reflected some physical characteristics or other attribute of the person that used the name. The Filion surname derives from the Old French word "fils," which meant "son;" and as such was a nickname for the youngest son in a family.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Fillon, Filon, Fillion, Filion, Filhon, Fillou, Filou, Filloux, Filoux, Fillioud, Filioud, Fillieul, Filieul, Filliol, Filiol, Filliat and many more.

First found in Burgundy, where the family held a family seat since early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Filion research. Another 167 words(12 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Filion History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 21 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Filion Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Michel Filion, who married Marguerite Aubert in Quebec in 1661; Antoine Filion, a carpenter, who married Marie Latouche in Boucherville in 1701; Jean Filhon, who settled in Virginia in 1714.

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  2. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  3. de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
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  5. D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
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  7. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  8. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  9. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  10. Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
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The Filion Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Filion Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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