When Asa Holmes Packard was born on 22 May 1847, in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, Rev Lucius Alden Packard, was 45 and his mother, Cynthia Burrill, was 43. He married Viola Hunsicker on 19 March 1881, in Stanislaus, California, United States. He lived in Somerset, Maine, United States in 1860 and Sacramento, California, United States in 1900. He died on 3 January 1937, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
Do you know Asa Holmes? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+3 More Children
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sacramento, California, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English: from Middle English pak(e) ‘pack, bundle’ + the Anglo-Norman French pejorative suffix -ard, probably a derogatory occupational name for a peddler.
English: pejorative derivative of the Middle English personal name Pack .
Probably also an Americanized form of German Packert, Päckert, from ancient Germanic personal names formed with a word meaning ‘battle’ or ‘to fight’; or a variant of Packer 2 (with excrescent -t).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.