When Richard Packham was christened on 3 May 1835, in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Packham, was 36 and his mother, Dinah Hemsley, was 32. He died on 5 August 1853, in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 18.
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English: habitational name, probably from Pagham in Sussex, named in Old English from the personal name Pæcga + hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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