Brief Life History of John Knighton
When John Knighton Flint was born on 15 January 1857, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Flint, was 31 and his mother, Georgeana Knighton, was 17. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Calls Fort, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 24 February 1923, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Calls Fort, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Sources (11)
- John K. Flint in household of William Flint, "United States Census, 1900"
- John K. Flint, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- John Knighton Flint, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Cornerstone is Laid for the Tabernacle
In May 1865, Brigham Young placed the cornerstone for the Tabernacle building. The work was delayed because of the construction the railroad. The walls of the Tabernacle begun in 1876. The building was first used in 1881.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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WILLIAM FLINT
WILLIAM FLINT William Flint was born February 17, 1825 in Sutton, Derbyshire, England to John Flint and Elizabeth Sheppard. William married Charlotte Limb on July 1, 1850. On February 22, 1855 Char …
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