Brief Life History of Frank Willard
When Frank Willard Packer was born on 14 October 1871, in Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, his father, James E. H. Packer, was 43 and his mother, Catherine Gardner, was 29. He married Rosa Ellen Bausman on 20 January 1896, in Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Saint Marys, Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States in 1930. In 1925, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as railroad section foreman in Saint Marys, Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States. He died on 11 November 1936, in Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Franklin Packer in household of Catharine Packer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frank Willard Packer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Frank Willard Packer
- Frank Packer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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Name Meaning
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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