William Clint of Co. Down and Swift Co., Minnesota

[Mary Lee Becker]

 Exerpt from "The History of the Minnesota Valley: including the Explorers and pioneers of...” by Edward Duffield Niell, Charles Charles S. Bryant, published 1882

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Kildare

   William Clint was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1836, and was raised on a farm; he was a sailor for twelve years; came to America and sailed the lakes as mate and captain. In 1871 he came to Minnesota and settled in Swift county in 1873; worked for the railroad company till 1876, then located on his farm; has been justice, and was made postmaster a De Graff in 1875, the first to recieve the appointment. Married in 1857 Barbara McClemment, of Ireland; she died in 1868, and in 1870 he married Eliza O’Connor. Jane, James and William are children by first wife, and Eliza, Rosa, Edward and Richard are children by his present wife.

[Lena McVea]

1841 Scotland Census

Low Craiglemine, Wigtownshire, Glasserton

Hugh Clements, 40, Male, Ag. Lab., b. Ireland BORN 1801

Margaret Clements, 40, Female, b. Ireland  nee McMASTER

Mary Clements, 7, Female, b. Wigtownshire, Scotland BORN IN SCOTLAND 1834

Esther Clements, 3, Female, b. Wigtownshire, Scotland

Robert Clements, 1, Male, b. Wigtownshire, Scotland

Elizabeth McMaster, 25, Female, b. Ireland BORN 1816

William Clint, 2, Male, b. Ireland BORN 1839

Alexander Jamieson, 2, Male, b. Wigtownshire, Scotland

1851 Scotlnd Census
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Hugh Clymont, Head, 51, Male, b. Ireland, Ag. Lab.
Margaret Clymont, Wife, 54, Female, b. Ireland
Esther Clymont, Daughter, 13, Female, b. Whithorn, Wigtown, Ag. Lab.
Robert Clymont, Son, 10, b. Glasseton, Wigtown, Scholar

Janet McMaster, Sister-in-law, 40, Female, b. Ireland. Ag. Lab. BORN 1811

Alexr Jameson, Nephew, 13, Male, b. Wigtown, Wigtown, Ag. Lab.
John McDannel, Nephew, 7, Male, b. Whithorn, Wigtown, Ag. Lab.

1880 Census

Kildare, Swift, Minnesota

William Clint, 41, Head, Married, Farmer, b. Ireland, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

Elizabeth Clint, 39, Wife, married,  b. Ireland, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

John Clint, 13, Son, Single, works on farm, b. Illinois, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

Elizabeth Clint, 10, Daugter, Single, at school, b. Illinois, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

Roseanna Clint, 7, Daugter, Single, at school, b. Illinois, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

Edward Clint, 5, Son, b. Minn, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

Richard Clint, 3, Son, b. Minn, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland

Name:  John Clint
Birth:  abt 1867 - Illinois
Residence:  1880 - Kildare, Swift, Minnesota

 Name:  John Clint
Spouse:  Sarah J. Clint
Birth:  abt 1839 - Ireland

Residence:  1880 - Benson, Swift, Minnesota

William Clint, 16, Single, R.R. Laborer, b. Canada, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland
BORN IN CANADA WHEN HIS FATHER WAS A SAILOR ON THE GREAT LAKES.

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