#Josephine Jane Packard

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"A luxury hotel for its time": Josephine Packard the laundress, Hotel Phelps, and Greenville

Advert for hotel as shown on page 194 of the 1906 book, Souvenir History of Port Huron, Michigan. A similar add is mentioned here, calling it a home “for the travelers.” Last August, I wrote to the Flat River Historical Society and Museum (FRHS), noting that my ancestor, Josephine Packard, worked as a laundress in Greenville (as far as I know), Michigan, at 206 Lafayette Street.I noted that I…

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Divorce, disease, alcoholism, servants, abuse, and gun violence: From Hazel to Josephine

Philabert Packard, my ancestor, briefly mentioned in the probate records after her husband’s death in 1839, with yellow underlining as my emphasis, via New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 for Henry Thayer, Cheshire, Estate Files, T196-T248, 1837-1847, Probate Estate Files, 1769-1885; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County); Probate Place: Cheshire, New…

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