Huntsville, Weber County, Utah Genealogy

Quick Facts
Hunstville spreads out in the beautiful Ogden Valley in Weber County. In the fall of 1860 seven families went into the valley to make a permanent settlement. The settlers consisted of Jefferson Hunt and his family along with 5 more families. They valley was home to Little Soldier and other Shoshone Indians helped themselves to the settler’s stock and other various things to irritate the newcomers. Using the advice of Brigham Young to "feed rather than fight the Indians" the little group paid an annual tax of beef, flour and vegetables to keep the peace. The first settlement was known as Hawkin’s Grove. In 1861 more settlers moved into the valley, the town was laid out and called “Huntsville”. Many Danish converts immigrated from Denmark in 1864. Scottish converts also made the Ogden Valley home. 1903 was the year Huntsville was incorporated.

City Hall

 * Huntsville City Hall 7390 East 200 South PO Box 267 Huntsville, UT 84317 801-745-3420

Neighboring Communities
Eden | Liberty

Biography & Genealogies

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Early Latter Day Saints - A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Weber County DUP Biographies

Cemeteries

 * Huntsville Cemetery 100 South 5900 East Hunstville, Utah 84317


 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com
 * Utah State History - Cemetery Database


 * Abbey of Holy Trinity Trappist Cemetery 1250 South 9500 East Huntsville, UT 84317


 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com (link currently bad, use search on Find a Grave to find this)
 * BillionGraves
 * Utah State History - Cemetery Database

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 * Huntsville Ward (organized June 1877, formerly Huntsville Branch, Ogden Stake


 * Record of members, 1861-1941
 * Form E (annual genealogical report), 1907-1948
 * Huntsville Ward history, by Andrew Jensen

Emigration and Immigration
Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records $, 1892-1924, listing passengers who stated they are going to Huntsville.

History

 * Founding of Hunstville
 * History of Hunstville
 * Huntsville Town's Official History
 * Remember my valley: a history of Ogden Canyon, Huntsville, Liberty and Eden, Utah from 1825 to 1976
 * The founding of Huntsville: its people and projects;

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 1428949
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator
 * 4) The Roads to Huntsville

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

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


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


 * Weber County Library ~ Ogden Valley Branch 131 South 7400 East Huntsville, Utah 84317 801-745-2220

Suggested Reading

 * History of Weber County
 * Wangsgaard/Wangsgard roots and branches, 1866-1989

Birth

 * Transcription of Midwife's Book of Births 1878 to 1897
 * Index to Midwife's Book

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * 1903-... - 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.


 * 1904-1956 - 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.


 * 1905-1951 - Ancestry.com $ Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.


 * 1962-... - Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962.

Websites

 * Danish Immigrants
 * Webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Huntsville. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.
 * Ogden Valley