Lydia Ann Parker

1847 - 1918  (70 years)

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  Lydia Ann Parker

  
  

• Name	Lydia Ann Parker
  Born	19 Nov 1847	Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Oct 1918	Safford, Graham, Arizona   [1]
  Buried	10 Oct 1918	Safford Cemetery, Graham, Arizona   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I8788	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Solomon Parker,   b. 25 Aug 1804, Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario ,   d. 8 May 1884, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Nancy Jane Welch,   b. 7 Jan 1811, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario ,   d. 16 Dec 1850, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario  (Age 39 years)
  Married	Dec 1826
  Family ID	F3512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry Levins Powell
  Married	Abt 1863	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F3271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alonzo Hamilton Packer,   b. 14 Apr 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois ,   d. 23 Mar 1917, Safford, Graham, Arizona  (Age 75 years)
  Married	6 Jul 1869	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Clara Mabel Packer,   b. 26 Jun 1878, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah ,   d. 30 Dec 1929, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived in Salt Lake City on 20 Sep 1856. "Her family had traveled from Canada by oxen and wagon with a group of emigrants who were new members of the Church" [John A. Freestone, The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer] -- a phrasing that does not settle the question of whether Lydia Ann Parker's father ever actually joined the Latter-day Saints. The same source does say that Lydia herself "became a member of the Church while living in Canada." First married, abt 1863, to Henry Levins Powell of Ekfrid, Ontario; by him, one son who died at six months and one daughter, Nancy Jane, b. 8 Apr 1866 in Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah. Henry Powell abandoned her. She was hired by Angelina (Chapman) Packer to work in the boarding house that Angelina and her husband Jonathan Taylor Packer ran in Brigham City; this led to her making the acquaintance of their son Alonzo, and ultimately marrying him. Alonzo adopted Nancy Jane as his own and she took the surname Packer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1015] The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and His Wife Lydia Ann Parker by John A. Freestone, 1999. Use with caution. [S568] Records of Barbara Allen Crandall (1903-2003), held in the family of TNH. [S229] On Footings From the Past: The Packers in England, by Donna Smith Packer. 1988. Use with caution.