Josiah Samuel Ferrin

Brief Life History of Josiah Samuel

When Josiah Samuel Ferrin was born on 10 December 1895, in Eden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Wilmer Bronson Ferrin, was 29 and his mother, Nancy May Pritchett, was 19. He married Leona Lewis on 18 July 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 13 September 1954, at the age of 58, and was buried in Eden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Samuel Ferrin
1895–1954
Leona Lewis
1900–1962
Marriage: 18 July 1922
Flora Mae Ferrin
1923–1968
Richard Lewis Ferrin
1925–1992
Ronald Josiah Ferrin
1935–2008

Sources (31)

  • Josiah Ferrin` in household of Wilmer Ferrin`, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Josiah S. Ferrin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Josiah Samuel Ferrin, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

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.

1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens

The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.

1911

Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.

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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