When Benjamin Packer was born on 1 August 1862, in Harrisville, Harrison, Ohio, United States, his father, Elisha DeWees Packer, was 40 and his mother, Grace McBride, was 33. He married Anna E Whealen on 9 November 1887, in Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Marshall, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 31 December 1935, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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.
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