Minnie (Garvin) Packard (abt. 1857 - 1902)

Born about 1857 in New York, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1902 at about age 45 in Vallejo, Solano Co, California USA

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Biography

Minnie was born about 1857, somewhere in New York, according to U.S. Census records. In U.S. Censuses she (or the interviewee) stated her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother in Pennsylvania. Minnie was Catholic, attending St. Vincent's in Vallejo, California. She was mostly Irish, since I have a substantial amount of otherwise unaccounted for Irish DNA. She passed away in 1902 in Vallejo, California, at age 41.

Sources

Maiden Surname

• U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 for Minnie Garvin

California; San Francisco Directory, 1878 Author: Ancestry.com Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. p. 367 "Garvin Minnie, seamstress, r. 809 Vallejo" This was just before she would have married husband Edwin Henry 'E.H.' Packard, as their son Edward was b. March 1879.

• Many family members believe her surname was "Garvey". However, the midwife attending the birth of daughter Estella May Packard wrote it as Garvin. I surmise Minnie must have been there to tell her that.

Death

• Ancestry.com: California, Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953

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• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 May 2019), memorial page for Mrs Minnie Garvey Packard (unknown–12 Jan 1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53471440, citing Carquinez Cemetery, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA ; Maintained by Barbara Baxley (contributor 48511818) .
• 1880 United States Federal Census; 1890 United States Federal Census;