Brief Life History of Andrew
When Andrew Flint was born in 1801, in Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Thomas Flint, was 30 and his mother, Mary Huxford, was 27. He married Abiah Tedford about 1825, in Canada.
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- Andrew Flint, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
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1823
Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List
1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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