Thelma Flint

13 November 1901–18 October 1993 (Age 91)
Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Thelma

When Thelma Flint was born on 13 November 1901, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Winfield Scott Flint, was 21 and her mother, Nancy Jane "Nannie" McFarland, was 20. She married Alexander Hamilton Allen on 11 August 1927, in Inez, Martin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Adamsville, Morgan, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years and Magisterial District 1, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 18 October 1993, in Johnson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Adamsville, Morgan, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Hamilton Allen
1901–1939
Thelma Flint
1901–1993
Marriage: 11 August 1927
Lola Jane Allen
1927–1927
Barbara Gayle Allen
1936–2013

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 August 1927Inez, Martin, Kentucky, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1902 · So Much Farm Land
    Age 1
    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
    1904 · The Black Patch War
    Age 3
    From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.
    1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
    Age 25
    In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

    Name Meaning

    English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint (from Old and Middle English, Low German flint), or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual, metaphorically as hard as flint.Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Flynt

    Sources (11)

    • Thelma Allen, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Thelma Flint, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
    • Thelma Flint in entry for No Name Allen, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

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