Roy, Weber County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Weber County Roy

Quick History
Roy was a small community for many years being settled in 1873 by LDS Pioneers. It had a street called “Cousin Street” where until 1957 all of the residents on that road were cousins coming from the original settlers of the area. Central City, Sandridge, the Basin, and Lakeview were all names that Roy went by until being named after school teacher’s son Roy C. Peebles, that had passed away. The Post Office arrived and Roy’s name was official on 24 May 1894. Roy saw a boom in its population during WWII with the addition of the Defense Supply Depot, Navy Supply Depot and Hill Air Force Base.

Neighboring Communities
Clinton | Hooper | Ogden | Riverdale | Sunset | West Haven

City Hall
http://www.royutah.org/ Roy City Corporation 5051 S 1900 W Roy Utah 84067

Biography & Genealogies

 * Early Latter Day Saints - An Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of the LDS Church
 * Footprints of Roy, 1873-1979', by Emma M. Russell

Cemeteries

 * 1) Poor House (aka Weber County Farm) Cemetery


 * Utah State History - Cemetery Database
 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com
 * The Weber County UTGenWeb Project, list


 * 1) Roy City Cemetery 5200 S 2300 W Roy, UT


 * Utah State History - Cemetery Database - not included
 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com
 * The Weber County UTGenWeb Project, Roy City Cemetery database
 * Burial records, vols. 1-2, to 1966

Church History and Records

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * 1) Arsenal Villa Branch 


 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1947-1948


 * 1) Lake View Ward 


 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1947-1948


 * 1) Roy Ward 


 * Record of Members, 1899-1905
 * Record of Members, 1907-1941
 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1907-1948

History
see also: Biography

Utah History Encyclopedia


 * 1) Roy, Utah our home town,

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 1432035
 * 2) Google
 * 3) 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

Vital Records

 * 1) Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago (F) Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * 2) Ancestry.com (F) if through seleected Family History Centers) (FI$) if not through the Family History Centers) Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
 * 3) Social Security Death Index, (F) begins about 1962 to at least 2 months ago.
 * 4) State of Maine Marriages 1892-1966, residents of Roy who married in state of Maine.

Websites

 * Webtree.com, (F) listing individuals who born or died in Roy. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.
 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132 E-mail: UT_OGDEN@ldsmail.net