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United States Utah Weber County Farr West

Contents 1 Quick History 1.1 Neighboring Communities 2 City Hall 3 Resources 3.1 Biography & Genealogies 3.2 Cemeteries 3.2.1 Church History and Records 3.2.2 History 3.2.3 Maps 3.2.4 Newspapers 3.2.5 Historical Newspapers 3.3 Societies, Museums and Libraries 3.4 Suggested Reading 3.5 Vital Records 3.5.1 Birth Records 3.5.2 Marriage Records 3.5.3 Death Records 3.5.4 Websites 4 References

Quick History

Joseph Taylor first settled the area in 1858. Ten years later the area was included in as part of Harrisville. On 30 November 1890 western Harrisville was organized into a separate LDS wards and given the name Farr West in honor of Lorin Farr, former president of the Weber LDS stake, and Chauncey W. West, who had served as presiding bishop of Weber County.

In 1862 the first business, the Prairie House, was built. This was a tavern that primarily served travelers who were on their way to the gold mines in Montana. Th Union Pacific Railroad laid a line called the Ogden Shoreline through the east most part of Farr West in 1869. ^[1]

Neighboring Communities

North Ogden | Harrisville | Ogden | Pleasant View | Marriott-Slaterville | Plain City | Willard

City Hall

• Farr West City Hall
  1896 North 1800 West
  Farr West City, UT 84404
  Phone: 801.731.4187
  Fax. 801.731.7732
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Resources

Biography & Genealogies

• Daughters of Utah Pioneers
• Early Latter Day Saints - An Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
• Farr West - Geneanet
• Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of the LDS Church ^[2]
• Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
• Weber County DUP Biographies

Cemeteries

Farr West does not have a cemetery within it's boundaries. The nearby cemeteries are located in North Ogden, Ogden or Roy.

Church History and Records

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1. Farr West, organized 30 November 1890 (part of North Weber Stake) ^[3]
   Records of members, 1890-1901, 1903-1941
   Form E (annual genealogical report), 1907-1948

History

• Farr West History - Online Utah
• Farr West History - Sangres.com
• Farr West History - Travel Utah
• History of Farr West University of Utah Media
• Utah State History Articles about Farr West

Maps

• USGS GNIS FID 1441012
• Google
• Hometown Locator

Newspapers

• Standard-Examiner
• Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers

• Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.
• Utah Digital Newspapers for the Ogden Standard 1879 - 1927

Societies, Museums and Libraries

• Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
  2148 Grant Avenue
  Ogden, UT 84401
  ph: (801) 393-4460

• North Ogden Historical Museum
  332 East Pleasant View Drive
  North Ogden, UT 84414
  801-732-7211

• Ogden Regional Family History Center
  539 24th St.
  Ogden, UT 84401
  Phone: 801-626-1132
  

• Stewart Library ~ Weber State University
  3750 Harrison Blvd.
  Ogden, Utah
  801-626-6415

• Weber County Library
  2464 Jefferson Ave.
  Ogden, UT 84401-2404
  Phone:(801) 337-2632
  fax: (801) 337-2615

Suggested Reading

• History of Weber County ^[4]
• Path to Parnassus ^[5]

Vital Records

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death Records

• Utah Death Index 1905-1951
  Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
• Social Security Death Index, begins in about 1962 and is current to within two months.
• Utah Death Record 1888-1946.
• Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago
  Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county.
  Images of actual death certificates

Websites

• Webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Farr West, Utah (may pick up some from other "Farr West". Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.

References

1. ↑ Farr West History - Online Utah
2. ↑ FamilySearch Books Online; "FHLC Book 979.2 D3e" (Salt Lake City, Utah : Western Epics, 1966) Vol. 1 part 1 )Vol. 1 part 2 FamilySearch Books Online
3. ↑ "FHLC Film 225946" (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the GSU, 1951 ).
4. ↑ Wiggins, Lou Jean S Wiggins; Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Weber County WorldCat 58465373
5. ↑ autobiography of Zesta Afton Taylor Geisler "FHLC FAM HIST Book 921.73 G277gt" (Ogden, Utah : Z. Geisler, 1990).

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