Lydia Ann Parker b. 19 Nov 1847 Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 8 Oct 1918 Safford, Graham, Arizona: NH genealogy

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1847 - 1918 (70 years)

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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]

Siblings 8 siblings

	1. Amy Parker , b. 2 Sep 1827, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario d. 9 Oct 1871, Sands Beach, Huron, Michigan (Age 44 years)
	2. William Henry Parker , b. 11 Jul 1828, Canada d. 14 Jan 1911, Ft. Gratoit, St. Clair, Michigan (Age 82 years)
	3. Margaret Parker , b. 24 Nov 1832, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 7 Mar 1918, Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan (Age 85 years)
	4. James Parker , b. 25 Mar 1836, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 4 Mar 1914, Montesano, Grays Harbor, Washington (Age 77 years)
	5. John Parker , b. 24 Feb 1838, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario
	6. Robert George Parker , b. 14 Jul 1841, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 18 Feb 1894, Chesterfield, Bannock, Idaho (Age 52 years)
	7. Providence Jane Parker , b. 24 Mar 1844, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 3 Jan 1915, Grantsdale, Ravalli, Montana (Age 70 years)
+	8. Lydia Ann Parker , b. 19 Nov 1847, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 8 Oct 1918, Safford, Graham, Arizona (Age 70 years) ▻ Henry Levins Powell , m. Abt 1863 ; Alonzo Hamilton Packer , m. 6 Jul 1869
	9. Thomas Parker , b. 14 Dec 1850, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 17 Mar 1923, Grantsdale, Ravalli, Montana (Age 72 years)

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)
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 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

Family ID F2668 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Mar 2022

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.

[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.