Brief Life History of John
When John Pack Jr. was born on 5 October 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, John Pack, was 34 and his mother, Julia Ives, was 26. He married Mary Elizabeth Scott Marshall on 20 December 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States in 1880 and Marion, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 20 November 1921, in Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- John Pork, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Pack Jr. - Memory of Someone: birth-name: John Pack, Jr
- John Pack, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Devon): variant of Pask , derived from Middle English Pake ‘Easter, Passover’.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from Middle Low German packe, German Pack ‘bundle, package’ (see Packer ). Compare Pak .
Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Pak , a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiography of Julia Ives Pack
Autobiography of Julia Ives Pack My father, Erastus Ives, was born at Farrington, Connecticut, November 2, 1780. He died at Watertown, New York, September 3, 1828. My mother, Lucy Paine, was born …
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