Brief Life History of Walter Nelson Brewer
When Walter Nelson Brewer Farr was born on 1 April 1885, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Charles Brewer, was 22 and his mother, Mary Martha Nelson, was 16. He married Elizabeth Parry on 14 January 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ogden Utah Temple, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1920 and Utah, United States for about 5 years. He died on 22 September 1936, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Walter Nelson Farr, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Utah, U.S., Birth Registers, 1892-1944
- Walter N Farr, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1897
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
1901
First Nobel Prize awarded.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fear(r), farre (Old English fearr) ‘steer, ox’, applied as a nickname for a fierce man or a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a bull.
German: nickname from Middle High German varne, var, with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Walter Nelson Farr obituaries
Obituary (1): "The Deseret News", Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, September 23, 1936, page 16: OGDEN - Walter N. Farr, 49, bookeeper at the Cubs Consolidated Mines of Tenabo, Nev. who was fatally inj …
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