Hi All
I know this post was sometime ago, but thought this might be of interest regards William Packman.
His last or known spouse Louisa Orchard was daughter of Joseph & Maggie/Margaret Smith often known as Peggy.
Peggy was sister to my Great Grandmother Betsy Smith daughters of James Smith & Eliza Scarrett
I found a couple of articles you may like to see :
The first confirms what family did living selling Fern and it is about Wm son John Packman.
The second is about the sad death of John's wife Louisa Sanders which is confirmed by the fact the first mentions her father James Sanders as John's Father in law.
Western Times 18 January 1935
Betrayed by leaves in Van- Hawker fined £25
Two large bales described as a rare pittosporum a valuable and rare shrub not native to this country ,but from New Zealand.
John Packman a hawker of Ashbridge Westleigh near Bideford pleaded not guilty.
His father was William Packman.
They are used as decoration especially around London area ( fish markets)
The police found a quantity of evergreens were dispatched from Junction Railway Station Barnstaple to Davenport Smithfield Manchester and the 2 bales in court were recovered by Manchester police.
A search of John Packman's van found a few leaves, he denied all knowledge of the shrubs.
Packman said his father in law had been sending stuff to Manchester for 30 years, James Sanders his father in law said he sent packages and Henry Birch took them to station.
Two clerks at the station gave evidence that only John Packman did dispatch them and had for past 6 weeks only Packman had sent evergreens to Davenport
He was fined £25 or 3 mths in prison and refused time to pay.
Western Times 09 August 1935
There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mrs Louisa Packman who died in North Devon Infirmary Barnstaple at the early age of 20.
Deceased was much respected by large circle of relatives and friends and will be greatly missed.
She leaves an infant son and husband.
The coffin was of polished oak and the breastplate bore inscription Louisa Packman died 25th July 1935.
The mourners were :
Her husband mother and father
Henry ,Caroline Sophia ,Betsy Susie ( brother and sisters)
Bill & Louie Packman ( mother & father in law)
Jim & Fred Hook, Henry Birch, Charlotte Sanders ( brothers and sister in laws)
Henry & Harriet Sanders ( Uncle and Aunt)
Tom & Louie Birch ( Uncle & Aunt)
George & Louie Sanders ( Uncle & Aunt)
Bob Penfold (Uncle)
Genty Sanders Offie Birch Pheobe Hughes Betsy Roberts ( cousins)
Mr & Mrs George Hooke
Mr & Mrs Edwin Orchard
Eddie & Sophia Orchard
Noah Hughes
Moses Penfold
Eddie Small
Edmond Orchard
Ben Nelson
Joe Roberts
Bobby Small ( friends)
