When Violet Mabel Packer was born on 15 January 1914, in Paradise, South Australia, Australia, her father, Matthew Packer, was 25 and her mother, Mabel Elsie Northey, was 27. She married Matthew George Heading in 1939. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 9 June 2006, in Renmark, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 92.
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Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.
Battle on the Somme. Australian forces capture Mont St. Quentin.
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
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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