Lucy Ann Packer

5 July 1844–1926 (Age 81)
Bald Eagle Township, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Lucy Ann

When Lucy Ann Packer was born on 5 July 1844, in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac DesChamps Packer Sr., was 25 and her mother, Lavina C. Carskaddon, was 22. She married Ephraim J French in 1865. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cass Township, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1926. She died in 1926, in Britton, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ephraim J French
1841–1930
Lucy Ann Packer
1844–1926
Marriage: 1865
Montrose H French
1869–1944
Virgil Packer French
1880–1886
Roswell Wheeler French
1874–
Percy DesChamps French
1876–
Virginia Packer French
1880–
Perley Alwyn French
1886–1918

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World Events (8)

1846
Age 2
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
Age 3
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 22
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

(1997: 3339;2007: 6463; 2010: 9048)English: probably an occupational name for a wool packer, from an agent noun derivative of Middle English pakken ‘to pack’.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent noun derivative of Middle Low German pak, German Pack ‘package’, hence an occupational name for a wholesale trader, especially in the wool trade, one who sold goods in large packages rather than broken down into smaller quantities, or alternatively one who rode or drove pack animals to transport goods.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Paker

Sources (11)

  • L A Freund in household of E J Freund, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lucy A. Packer, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Unknown in entry for Montrose H. French, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

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