Selvoy Jarrett Boyer

Brief Life History of Selvoy Jarrett

When Selvoy Jarrett Boyer was born on 6 February 1897, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Selvoy Boyer, was 29 and his mother, Susanna Bailey Jarrett, was 28. He married Mary Gladys Sessions on 29 January 1919, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1925 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Springville Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1935. He died on 24 February 1985, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Selvoy Jarrett Boyer
1897–1985
Mary Gladys Sessions
1898–1965
Marriage: 29 January 1919
Keith Selvoy Boyer
1919–2011
LaMar Sessions Boyer
1921–2002
Phyllis Boyer
1923–2019
John Carl Boyer
1926–2004
Jerrol Moss Boyer
1928–2007

Sources (57)

  • Selvoy J Boyer in household of John Selvoy Boyer, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Selvoy Jarrette Boyer and Mary Gladys Sessions (1919), "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Selvoy J Boyer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

French: regional variant of Bouvier ‘herdsman’. This surname is also found in Haiti. Compare Bouyea and Boyea .

Altered form of German Bayer or Beyer .

German: habitational name for someone from Boye (near Celle-Hanover).

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

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Biography of Susannah Bailey JARRETT

The Biography of Susannah Bailey Jarrett by her daughter, Mary Boyer In far away England, just out of the remote village of Longham in a quaint, thatched farm house, Susannah Bailey Jarrett was bo …

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