Brief Life History of Zoe Marion
When Zoe Marion Farr was born on 3 January 1918, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Raymond Valasco Farr, was 31 and her mother, Almira Shurtliff, was 30. She married Franklin Don Wixom on 22 June 1951, in Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. She immigrated to World in 1942 and lived in Paul, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 2009 and Paul, Cabo Verde in 2009. She died on 3 July 2009, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Paul Cemetery, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.
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- Zoe Marion Farr in household of Raymond V. Farr, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Zoe Marion Farr Wixom, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Zoe M Farr, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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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Thursday, September 24, 1942
Transcription of diary Page dated 24 September 1942, Mom and Dad's wedding day, from the personal diary of Althera Ballantyne Zinn, my grandmother: "My darling Martha married in Salt Lake Temple toda …
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