Joseph Murphy Ferrin

Brief Life History of Joseph Murphy

When Joseph Murphy Ferrin was born on 5 April 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Moroni Daniel Ferrin, was 48 and his mother, Nancy Victoria Murphy, was 38. He married Gretchen Leonora Greenlee on 25 November 1938, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 7 August 1984, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Murphy Ferrin
1911–1984
Gretchen Leonora Greenlee
1916–2004
Marriage: 25 November 1938
Joyce Ann Ferrin
1940–2015
Joseph Scott Ferrin
1942–2023

Sources (28)

  • Joseph  M. Ferrin in household of Moroni Daniel Ferrin, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Joseph M Ferrin, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Joseph Murphy Ferrin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1914

New Zealand occupies Western Samoa during World War I and continues to administer it after the war by virtue of a League of Nations mandate (and a United Nations mandate after World War II).

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Ferron 3 or a shortened form of McFerrin . Also compare with Farren .

English: variant of Ferron .

Spanish (Ferrín): from a derivative of ferro ‘iron’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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