Wilber Leo Farr

Male18 June 1885–22 January 1932

Brief Life History of Wilber Leo

When Wilber Leo Farr was born on 18 June 1885, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, his father, Wilbur H Farr, was 30 and his mother, Margaret McDivitt, was 31. He married Sarah Olga Andrews on 4 December 1906, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Polk, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1910. He died on 22 January 1932, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Keithsburg, Mercer, Illinois, United States.

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Wilber Leo Farr
1885–1932
Sarah Olga Andrews
1876–1929
Marriage: 4 December 1906

Sources (13)

  • Wilber L Farr in household of Henry J Weisbrod, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Wilbur Leo Farr, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Wilber Leo Farr, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 December 1906Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 1

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1890 · Gold is Discovered

    Age 5

    In 1890, Robert Miller Womack discovers a rich gold deposit along Cripple Creek, near the western slope of Pikes Peak. This would become the richest gold strike in the Rocky Mountin area.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 13

    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.

    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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