Roy, Weber County, Utah Genealogy

Quick History
In 1873 Roy was settled by Mormon Pioneers and stayed a small community for many years. It had a street called “Cousin Street” where until 1957 all of the residents on that road were cousins coming from the original settlers of the area. Central City, Sandridge, the Basin, and Lakeview were all names that Roy went by until being named after school a teacher’s son Roy C. Peebles, that had passed away. The Post Office arrived and Roy’s name was official on 24 May 1894. Roy saw a boom in its population during WWII with the addition of the Defense Supply Depot, Navy Supply Depot (now the Freeport Center) and Hill Air Force Base.

Neighboring Communities
Clinton | Hooper | Ogden | Riverdale | Sunset | West Haven

City Hall
Roy City 5051 S 1900 W Roy Utah 84067 Phone: (801) 774-1020

Biography & Genealogies

 * Early Latter Day Saints - A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of the LDS Church
 * Footprints of Roy, 1873-1979

Cemeteries

 * Poor House (Weber County Farm) Cemetery


 * Utah State History - Cemetery Database
 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com
 * The Weber County UTGenWeb Project, list


 * Roy City Cemetery 5200 S 2300 W Roy, UT


 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com
 * BillionGraves
 * The Weber County UTGenWeb Project, Roy City Cemetery database
 * Burial records, vols. 1-2, to 1966

Church History and Records

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Arsenal Villa Branch 


 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1947-1948


 * Lake View Ward 


 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1947-1948


 * Roy Ward 


 * Record of Members, 1899-1905
 * Record of Members, 1907-1941
 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1907-1948

History

 * Roy History - Utah History Encyclopedia
 * Roy, Utah our home town,

Maps

 * USGS GNIS FID 1432035
 * Google
 * Hometown Locator

Mortuaries
Myers Mortuary - Roy 5865 S 1900 W Roy, UT 84067 (801) 825-2239

Newspapers

 * Standard-Examiner
 * Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers

 * Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.
 * Utah Digital Newspapers for the Ogden Standard 1879 - 1927
 * The Sun Chronicle Newspapers list

Societies, Museums and Libraries



 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum 2148 Grant Avenue Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460


 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132


 * Roy Historical Museum 5540 South 1700 West Roy, UT 84067 Phone: 801-776-3626


 * Southwest Branch Library 1950 West 4800 South Roy, Utah 84067-2627 Phone: 801-773-2556


 * Stewart Library ~ Weber State University 3750 Harrison Blvd. Ogden, Utah 801-626-6415

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.
 * Digitized images of marriage licenses issued for Ogden from June 1888 to present are available online at Weber County Marriage Licenses

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed. A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence. For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.
 * Ancestry.com $ Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962.
 * Weber County, Utah Death Records 1898 to 1904
 * State of Maine Marriages 1892-1966, residents of Roy who married in state of Maine.

Obituaries

 * Obituaries of Weber County

Websites

 * Webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Roy. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.