Flint Family History
Flint Name Meaning
English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near
a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint,
or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave
its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Flint
Name Distribution of Flint Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Flint families
 367 - 731  123 - 366 |
 1 - 122  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Flint families
|
46 - 89 16 - 45 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Flint census records
You can see how Flint families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Flint Family Origin
Flint Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Flint families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Flint Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Flint families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Flint Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Flint census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Flint ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Flint
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