The McClinton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,816 people carried this name — #5,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 5,368 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McClinton surname

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntáin (“son of the servant of (Saint) Fintán”), a personal name which derives from a hypocoristic form of fionn (“white”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McClinton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McClinton in American newspapers,
1903–1914.

Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name McClinton
The New Haven Union 1906-10-11
Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name McClinton
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1903-06-17
Newspaper page from Norwich Bulletin carrying the name McClinton
Norwich Bulletin 1914-01-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,312 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McClinton in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

103 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McClinton. The most, 38, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 10.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 66
New South Wales 21
Victoria 6
South Australia 5
Queensland 4
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McClinton.

Who carried it

People named McClinton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur Norman McClinton
    Arthur Norman McClinton 1886–1929 · rugby union player
  • Marion McClinton 1954–2019 · theatre director
  • Lita McClinton 1953–1987
  • Curtis McClinton Sr. 1913–2012 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McClinton,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States245 records

245 records of the McClinton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 114
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jim D. McClinton

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Houston; meat cutter from Hill County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Waco Memorial Park, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George McClinton

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the State of Georgia from Glasgow and Larne, aged 36; laborer. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Curtis D. Mc Clinton

    U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Born 1957, died 2001; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 245 records for McClinton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada23 records

23 records of the McClinton name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 9
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Donald Nixon McClinton

    Buried in 1987 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 56.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alonzo McClinton

    Died 1908 in Dalhousie East, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Adolphus Leopold Francis McClinton

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 23 records for McClinton in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia9 records

9 records of the McClinton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza McClinton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Eastern City, aged 30; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos McClinton

    Arrived in Queensland in 1910 aboard the Otway.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Samuel McClinton

    Selected land at Bundaberg, Queensland in 1888.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for McClinton in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand4 records

4 records of the McClinton name in New Zealand
  • Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Robert McClinton

    Died 1886; buried at Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record R. McClinton

    New Zealand Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry McClinton

    Died 1937; buried at Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for McClinton in New Zealand.

Counts: Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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