Brief Life History of Ward Eaton
When Ward Eaton Pack Jr was born on 21 July 1859, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Ward Eaton Pack Sr., was 25 and his mother, Laura Cravath, was 19. He married Eliza Jane Atwood on 29 December 1885, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Roosevelt, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1908. He died on 28 February 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Maesar-Fairview Cemetery, Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Ward E Pack in household of Ward E Pack, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ward E. Pack, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Ward E Pack in entry for Helen Pack, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1873 · Settlers arrived in Vernal
On Feb 14, 1873, Pardon Dodds, among others, came to the valley to raise livestock.
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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