Hannah Flint

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Flint was born on 18 July 1806, in Braintree, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Rufus Frederick Flint, was 38 and her mother, Hannah Hawes, was 33. She married Joseph Holbrook on 1 January 1843, in Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, United States. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 74, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 21 April 1883, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Joseph Holbrook
1806–1885
Hannah Flint
1806–1883
Marriage: 1 January 1843

Sources (14)

  • Harriet Holbrook, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph Holbrook in the Marriages in the Nauvoo Region, 1839-1845
  • Hannah Flint Holbrook, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1825

Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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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