NOTE: Don't confuse this family of Charles and Emma Packard living in and around Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts with the family of Charles & Emma Packard living in and around Bristol & New Britain, Connecticut at about the same time.
Source 1: Wife, Emma's record of death is end of marriage.
Source 2: Marriage record says he was 21yrs old at the time of this 1869 marriage, that his name was Charles T. Packard; that he was a farmer born in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts and that his parents were Emery & Sarah Packard. (father's 1st name could be Ewing; difficult to read penmanship).
Source 3: The 1880 US Census of Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Charles F. at the age of 32yrs old and given as a farmer born in Massachusetts, living there with his wife given as 27yr old Emma and a daughter, Stella E. Packard, 1yrs old.
Source 4: Official State of Massachusetts Death Certificate gives his full name as Charles F. Packard says he was born in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, says he was born March 21, 1848 to parents Emory (sic?) Packard & Sarah Cowan; says he died in Farley, Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts on October 30, 1920 of vascular disease of the heart; says his spouse was Emma Hatstat.
Source 5: The 1870 US Census of Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Charles F. Packard at the age of 22yrs old and given as working on a farm and born in Massachusetts, living there with his wife, 17yr old Emma in a household headed by his father, Emery Packard and also including his mother, Sarah and a young child with unknown connection to the family.
Source 6: The 1900 US Census of Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Charles Packard given as 50yrs old and born in Massachusetts in March of 1848, (conflicts other sources), living there with his wife, Emma, daughter, Stella A., son, Clarence B. and Charles' father, Emery.
Source 7: The 1910 US Census of Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Charles F. Packard as a 61yr old married farmer, living there as head of household in a home also containing his 56yr old wife Emma A., their 31yr old single daughter, Stella A., and a 64yr old brother-in-law, given as Lucius Hatstal," (sic)...Emma's brother.
Source 8: The 1920 US Census of Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Charles F. Packard at the age of 71yrs old, living there and given as head of household, in a household that only contains he and "roomers/boarders."
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-61XS-MDS?cc=1469062&wc=3PM3-ZNL%3A1063285401 : 24 May 2018), 004279594 > image 651 of 1096; State Archives, Boston.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBJ-9KN5?cc=1417683&wc=XHT7-168%3A1589405656%2C1589395071%2C1589404881%2C1589395824 : 24 December 2015), Massachusetts > Franklin > Erving > ED 248 > image 12 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-918N-9Z3X?cc=1928860&wc=M6S7-Z38%3A223963801%2C225797801 : 20 May 2014), Deaths > Deaths 1920 vol 40 Easthampton-Everett > image 332 of 540; State Archives, Boston.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63T9-TQT?cc=1438024&wc=KLXR-W38%3A518657101%2C518793501%2C519201601 : 12 June 2019), Massachusetts > Franklin > Erving > image 8 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QM5-BH?cc=1325221&wc=9B7M-KXH%3A1030549901%2C1030816401%2C1032727801 : 5 August 2014), Massachusetts > Franklin > ED 477 Erving Town > image 10 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RV4-GN6?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ7-1S5%3A133638101%2C134510601%2C139174501%2C1589123979 : 24 June 2017), Massachusetts > Franklin > Erving > ED 496 > image 17 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRX5-XXX?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-FD6%3A1036470801%2C1036996201%2C1037382301%2C1589332554 : 11 September 2019), Massachusetts > Franklin > Erving > ED 101 > image 27 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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