Huntsville, Weber County, Utah Genealogy
Brief History[edit | edit source]
Huntsville is located in the beautiful Ogden Valleyof Weber County. The Native American population, made mostly of Little Soldier and other bands of Shoshone, have lived in the region since prehistory. The first Europeans in the area were early trappers.
The first permanent Europeans settlers arrived in the Fall of 1860. This group of seven families was led by Jefferson Hunt and founded a small settlement which they called "Hawkin’s Grove".[1] In 1861 more settlers moved into the valley, the town was formally laid out, and the name changed to Huntsville.
These early settlers were predominantly members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormons), and they included groups of Danish (coming from Denmark in 1864) and Scottish converts to the religion. David O. McKay, ninth president of the Church was born in Huntsville.
The City of Huntsville was incorporated in 1924 and the population was 608 at the time of the 2010 census.
Neighboring Communities[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
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Cemetery Records[edit | edit source]
Abbey of Holy Trinity Trappist Cemetery
1250 South 9500 East
Huntsville, UT 84317
- Listings on Findagrave.com
- Listings on BillionGraves
Huntsville Cemetery
100 South 5900 East
Huntsville, Utah 84317
- Listings on Findagrave.com
- Listings on BillionGraves
Utah State History - Utah Cemeteries & Burials Database
Cemetery Transcriptions and Sexton Records[edit | edit source]
- Burial records to 1967 in Huntsville City Cemetery. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967.
- Huntsville, Weber County, Utah - Cemetery Sexton's Records (Vol. 47 pages 302-338)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Utah Census: Table of available census images
Utah Population Schedule Indexes
Weber County (Utah). County Clerk 1880 Census Lists of Persons
Digitized and Indexed
- Utah, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1850-1890 at Ancestry ($)
- Includes 1856 Territorial Census, 1890 Veterans Schedule, and 1859 Tax Lists
- United States Census, 1860
- United States Census, 1870
- United States Census, 1880
- 1880 US Census of Utah Territory
- United States Census, 1900
- United States Census, 1910
- United States Census, 1920
- United States Census, 1930
- United States Census, 1940
City Records[edit | edit source]
Huntsville Town
7381 East 200 South
PO Box 267
Huntsville, UT 84317
Phone:801-745-3420
Town recorder holds records of city administration and town council.
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
Catholic[edit | edit source]
- Benedict, Chris. The history of a Trappist monastery, Huntsville, Utah. Ogden, UT: Weber State University Senior Thesis, 2003.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[edit | edit source]
- Huntsville Ward (organized June 1877, formerly Huntsville Branch, Ogden Stake)
- "Record of members, [1861]-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1948"
- Jenson, Andrew. Souvenir, home-coming week, Huntsville, Utah, July 1-4, 1917 [Huntsville Ward history]. Huntsville, UT: 1917.
Court Records[edit | edit source]
- Municipal Court criminal docket : Huntsville City, Utah. Huntsville, Utah : City of Huntsville, Utah Court, 1904-1909.
Directories[edit | edit source]
Polk City Directories[edit | edit source]
City directories give names, occupations, and addresses for a particular jurisdiction in a given year. By 1902, the Ogden, Utah directories also included Huntsville and other neighboring communities in Weber County. In the these earliest years the names are given without an address for Huntsville residents.
Digital[edit | edit source]
- 1890-1997 Ogden (Utah) city directories(*) at FamilySearch
- 1890-1977 Part of collection U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 at Ancestry ($)
- 1892-1960 Part of collection U.S. City Directories at MyHeritage ($)
- 1902 Ogden City Directory at Internet Archive
- 1903-1922 Ogden City Directories at Weber State University, Stewart Library
- 1912 Ogden City Directory at Internet Archive
- 1928 Ogden City Directory at Internet Archive
- 1920 Ogden City Directory at Internet Archive
Print and microfilm directories[edit | edit source]
- 1890-1932 on microfilm, at Weber County Library
- 1900-Current in print, at Weber State University, Stewart Library
- 1990-Current in print, at Weber County Library
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
- 1820-1957 Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records at MyHeritage ($).
History[edit | edit source]
Business Histories[edit | edit source]
- Huntsville Mercantile Events Center & Inn [Jesperson Mercatile]
- Shooting Star Saloon [KUTV Article]
- Valley House Inn
General Histories[edit | edit source]
Print[edit | edit source]
- Andrew H. Hedges, "When Men and Mountains Meet: Pioneer Life in Utah’s Ogden Valley," Mormon Historical Studies, no.2 (Fall, 2001), 115-134.
- Hines, Carol T. Camp Atoka, a history. Reno, NV: Privately Published, 1987.
- Jenson, Andrew. Souvenir, home-coming week, Huntsville, Utah, July 1-4, 1917 [Huntsville Ward history]. Huntsville, UT: 1917.
- McKay, Donald D. The Founding of Huntsville : its people and projects. Huntsville, UT: c. 1960.
- Newey, LaVerna B. Remember my valley : a history of Ogden Canyon, Huntsville, Liberty and Eden, Utah from 1825 to 1976. Salt Lake City, UT: Hawkes Publishing, 1977.
- Roberts, Richard C. & Richard W. Sadler. A History of Weber County. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1997.
- Stanford, Joseph & John M. Belnap. Ogden City and Weber County a historical sketch : transcribed from the original manuscript of Joseph Stanford, Ogden City, 1880. Roy, UT: Cheever Printing, 1968.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- History of Huntsville in Utah [Taken from Utah History Encyclopedia]
- Huntsville, Utah: History [City of Huntsville]
Native American History[edit | edit source]
Pictorial Histories[edit | edit source]
- Wangsgaard, Stanley F. Wangsgaard/Wangsgard roots and branches, 1866-1989. Salt Lake City, UT: Privately Published, 1990.
Maps[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Current Newspapers
- Ogden Standard-Examiner (Published 1920-Current)
- Ogden Valley News (Published 1993-Current)
- Weber Sentinel News (Published 1998-Current)
Digitized Newspapers Check the following sources for these and other smaller-run newspaper titles in Ogden that may cover Huntsville.
- 1881-1922 Ogden Standard at Newspapers.com ($)
- 1888-1894 Ogden Standard at Ancestry ($)
- 1888-1920 Ogden Daily Standard at Utah Digital Newspapers
- 1920-1927 Ogden Standard-Examiner at Utah Digital Newspapers
- 1920-1977 Ogden Standard Examiner at Ancestry ($). Also at: Newspapers.com ($)
- 1998-2021 Ogden Valley News at Utah Digital Newspapers
Microfilmed Newspapers These Ogden/Weber County newspapers are available on microfilm at the Weber County Library, Main Branch. The list is taken from Weber County USGenWeb Project.
- Evening Standard - 16 Aug 1910 - 15 Jul 1913 - continued by Ogden Standard
- Ogden Daily Commercial - 4 Apr 1890-1 Oct 1890
- Ogden Examiner - 1 Apr 1912 - 4 Apr 1920 (some missing) - continued by Standard Examiner
- Ogden Herald - 2 May 1881 - 16 Jul 1887 (some missing) - continued by Ogden Morning Herald
- Ogden Junction - 1 Jan 1870-30 Aug 1873 (no 1872) - continued by Ogden Junction Evening Daily
- Ogden Junction Daily - 1 Feb 1879 - 14 Feb 1881 (1 Feb 1879-16 Feb 1881)
- Ogden Junction Evening Daily - 22 Sep 1873-31 Jan 1879 - continued by Ogden Junction Daily
- Ogden Standard - 1 May 1903 - 1 Aug 1910 - continued by Evening Standard
- Ogden Standard - 16 Jul 1913 - 31 Mar 1920 - continued by Standard Examiner
- Ogden Standard Examiner - 1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1987 - continued by Standard Examiner
- Ogden Morning Herald - 19 Jul 1887 - 31 Dec 1887 (some missing) - continued by Standard
- Morning Examiner - 1 Jan 1904 - 31 Dec 1911 - Continued by Ogden Examiner
- Semi-weekly Ogden Junction - 1 Jan 1870 - 17 Jan 1880 (no 1872)
- Semi-weekly Standard - 4 Jan 1888 - 1 Sep 1911 (some missing)
- Standard - 1 Jan 1888 - 30 Apr 1903 - continued by Ogden Standard
- Standard Examiner - 1 Apr 1920 - 13 Dec 1921 - continued by Ogden Standard Examiner
- Standard Examiner - 1 Jan 1988 - Present
Societies, Museums and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Utah State Archives and Records Service
300 South Rio Grande Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 801-533-3535
Weber State University Special Collections
3921 Central Campus Drive
Department 2901
Ogden, UT 84408
Phone: 801-626-6415
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Ogden Regional FamilySearch Center
539 24th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
Phone: 801-626-1132
Weber County Library-Ogden Valley Branch
131 South 7400 East
Huntsville, UT 84317
Phone: 801-337-2660
Weber State University Stewart Library
3750 Harrison Boulevard
Ogden, UT
Phone: 801-626-6415
Digital Libraries[edit | edit source]
- Weber County GenWeb
- University of Utah, J. Williard Marriot Library - Digital Library
- Mountain West Digital Library
- Utah State Archives and Record Service - Digital Archives
- Utah State University Digital Initiatives
- Weber State University - Digital Collections
Message Boards[edit | edit source]
Museums[edit | edit source]
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
2148 Grant Avenue
Ogden, UT 84401
Phone: 801-393-4460
Facebook: Weber County Pioneer Museum
Huntsville History Center
7365 East 200 South
Huntsville, UT 84317
Phone: 801-745-3240
Societies and Groups[edit | edit source]
- Daughters of the Utah Pioneers - Camp Olive of the North Central Camp
- Sons of the Utah Pioneers - Ogden Pioneer Chapter
- Weber County Heritage Foundation
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Huntsville was first settled in 1860 and incorporated in 1903. Publicly kept vital records began in about 1887 (for marriages) and 1905 (for births and deaths). Before these years, vital records may be found in alternative sources such as newspapers, church records, family records, cemetery records, etc.
see Locating Burials and Cemeteries and Utah Vital Records
Births[edit | edit source]
Huntsville[edit | edit source]
- 1878-1898 Midwife Book of Mary Heathman Smith, Huntsville Births 1878-1898, transcribed by Carol Widdison.
General Utah[edit | edit source]
- 1892-1941 Utah Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index & images
- 1903-1914 Utah, Birth Certificates at FamilySearch; index & images
Marriages[edit | edit source]
General Utah[edit | edit source]
- 1887-1935 Utah Marriages at FamilySearch; index and some images
- Western States Marriage Index (searchable by bride or groom)
Deaths[edit | edit source]
General Utah[edit | edit source]
- 1847-1966 Utah, U.S., Death Registers at Ancestry ($); index
- 1888-1946 Utah Death and Burials at FamilySearch; index
- 1904-1965 Utah Death Certificates at FamilySearch; index & images.
- 1905-1967 Utah Death Certificate Index Utah Department of Archives; images. Searchable database.
General United States[edit | edit source]
- 1962-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch; index. Also at: MyHeritage.