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Joan Fontaine 1917–2013 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 October 1917

Birth Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Death Date: 15 December 2013

Death Location: Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States of America

Father: Walter HAVILLAND

Mother: Lilian Fontaine

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Joan Fontaine was born in 1917 in Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, the child of Walter Augustus De Havilland And Lilian Fontaine. Joan Fontaine passed away in 2013 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Joan Fontaine was born in 1917 in Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, the child of Walter Augustus De Havilland And Lilian Fontaine.
  • Joan Fontaine passed away in 2013 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States of America.

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Joan Fontaine's Ancestors

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Joan Fontaine
1917–2013
Birth Place: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Parents
Walter Augustus de HAVILLAND
1872–1968
Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Lilian Fontaine
1886–1975
Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
Charles (Richard de) Havilland
1823–1901
Walcot Parish Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (Letitia) Molesworth
1831–1910
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Capt Molesworth
1789–1858
Louisa Tomkyns
1800–1873
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Molesworth
1737–1799
Catherine Cobb
1764–1826

Joan Fontaine's Timeline

2 Records

1917
22 October 1917
Birth of Joan Fontaine in Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
2013
15 December 2013
Age 96
Death of Joan Fontaine in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States of America
Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 October 1917
    Event Place: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 December 2013
    Event Place: Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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