Amanda Louisa Flint

Brief Life History of Amanda Louisa

When Amanda Louisa Flint was born on 5 October 1871, in Black Oak, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, her father, John Lewis Flint, was 29 and her mother, Mary Louisa Kayser, was 28. She married David Clinton Kellems on 5 October 1891, in Lane, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Redwood Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1880 and Montgomery, Geary, Kansas, United States in 1895. Her occupation is listed as teacher in Oregon, United States. She died on 22 December 1949, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Clinton Kellems
1867–1922
Amanda Louisa Flint
1871–1949
Marriage: 5 October 1891
Rev. Jesse Randolph Kellems
1892–1980
Homer Flint Kellems
1894–1959
Anna Vivien Kellems
1896–1975
Kenneth Kayser Kellems
1898–1917
Edgar Eugene Kellems
1900–1953
Theodore Kellems
1901–1903
David Loyal Kellems
1911–1975

Sources (19)

  • Lulu Kellems in household of D C Kellems, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
  • Louisa Amanda Flint Kellems, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Louisa F Kellems in entry for David Clinton Kellems, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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.

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