Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Lydia Ann Parker

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Name Lydia Ann Parker Birth 19 Nov 1847 Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario [1]
Gender Female Death 8 Oct 1918 Safford, Graham, Arizona [1]
Burial 10 Oct 1918 Safford Cemetery, Graham, Arizona [1, 2]
Person ID I8788 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others 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)
Marriage Dec 1826 Photos Margaret Rudebach
Allegedly a photo of Margaret Rudebock (Rudebach) who is widely said to have been the mother of Nancy Jane Welch.Family ID F3512 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Henry Levins Powell Marriage Abt 1863 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Family ID F3271 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2015
Family 2 Alonzo Hamilton Packer, b. 14 Apr 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois d. 23 Mar 1917, Safford, Graham, Arizona
(Age 75 years)
Marriage 6 Jul 1869 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah [1, 2, 3]
Children + 1. Charlotte Beryl "Lottie" Packer, b. 15 Dec 1874, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah d. 31 Jul 1961, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
(Age 86 years)
+ 2. Clara Mabel Packer, b. 26 Jun 1878, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah d. 30 Dec 1929, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona
(Age 51 years)
Photos Lydia Ann Parker - 1 Family ID F2668 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Mar 2022
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Photos Lydia Ann Parker
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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.
- 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."
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Sources - [S1015] The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and His Wife Lydia Ann Parker by John A. Freestone, 1999.
- [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. Mostly reliable on this side of the Atlantic.
- [S1015] The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and His Wife Lydia Ann Parker by John A. Freestone, 1999.