John Parry Corry

Brief Life History of John Parry

When John Parry Corry was born on 15 May 1879, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Corry, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Louise Parry, was 29. He married Olive May Rogers Moyes on 2 December 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States in 1900 and Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 5 November 1927, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Parry Corry
1879–1927
Olive May Rogers Moyes
1885–1975
Marriage: 2 December 1903
William Moyes Corry
1906–1906
Anna Marjorie Corry
1907–1985
John Blaine Corry
1909–1994
Keith Rogers Corry
1911–1932
Rowland Parry Corry
1913–1997
Olive Lenore Corry
1917–1917

Sources (50)

  • John P Corry, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Parry Corry - birth-name: John Pary Corey
  • John Parry Carry, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Irish (Clare): shortened Anglicized form of Ó Corra or Ó Corraidh, see Corr . Alternatively, a shortened and altered form of McCorry .

Scottish: variant of Corrie .

Americanized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Cory .

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

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John Parry Corry

!FGS of Corry Family, Julia Corry; LDS Church mf# 025845 Rec's of Members, Cedar City, Iron Co, UT, AFN Rec's; Blessed by C.J. Arthur **Iron County Record, Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah, June 30, 1905 …

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