Isabelle Farr

Brief Life History of Isabelle

When Isabelle Farr was born on 3 March 1861, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Lorin Farr, was 40 and her mother, Nancy Bailey Chase, was 38. She married Heber John Sears on 16 July 1884, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 20 April 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Heber John Sears
1861–1942
Isabelle Farr
1861–1936
Marriage: 16 July 1884
Lorin John Sears
1885–1885
Eileen Sears
1887–1892
Victor Hugo Sears
1889–1965
Arthur Sears
1890–1890
Norma Sears
1891–1973
Ruth Sears
1900–1944
Gordon Heber Sears
1902–1977

Sources (47)

  • Bell Farr Sears in household of Heber John Sears, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Isabell Farr Sears, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · New Zealand Settlements Act

The New Zealand Settlements Act was passed to be able to seize any of the land from the Maori tribes who had been in rebellion against the Government since the beginning of the year. This confiscation law targeted Kingitanga Maori mainly because they were whom the government had waged war against in the attempt to restore British Law to the tribes. 

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.

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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