Individual Details

Birth

Original birth certificate read Jean Hardwood, but was corrected November 7, 1945.

Baptism

Sponsors were George Robert Pearson, Emily Dunlop Pearson, and Beatrice E. Packard. The baptism was done by Wallace J. Gardner, Rector.

The web page http://www.dioceselongisland.org/allparish/B29StPaul.htm, gives this information:
St. Paul's Church-in-the-Village-of-Flatbush,
157 St. Paul's Place,
Brooklyn, New York 11226-2708,
718 - 282-2100 (Office)

From http://www.stmarysburlington.org/churchyard.htm (Burlington, NJ): "Sixth Bishop of New Jersey. Born July 25, 1883 in Buffalo, New York. Educated at St. Stephen's College and General Seminary. Rector of St. Paul's Flatbush, Brooklyn and Vicar of Chapel of the Intercession, New York City. Elected diocesan in 1937, Gardner was born in Buffalo in 1883. He died on October 22, 1954."

According to http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com, in the 1897-1898 Lain's Directory, Jos S. Packard was a stencilcutter living at 422 4th Avenue, Brooklyn.
In the 1900 census, Beatrice E. Packard, age 6/12, lived with her parents (J. and Adelaide, both age 25) at 271 57th St., Brooklyn. Mr. Packard was a stencil cutter born Nov. 1874 in Massachusetts. Adelaide was born October 1874 in New Jersey.
In the 1910 census, Maude Pearson, age 14, lived with her parents at 1238 38th Street, Brooklyn. Beatrice E. Packard, age 10, lived with her parents (Joseph and Adelaid) at 1228 38th Street.
According to http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com, Beatrice Evelyn Packard received a diploma for completing the "Amanuensis Course" at Heffley Institue in 1918.
In the 1920 census, Beatrice E. Packard, age 20, lived with her parents (Joseph and Adelaide) and sister (Mildred A., age 17) at 164 East 4th Street, Brooklyn. Beatrice was a stenographer for a lawyer.
In the 1930 census, Beatrice Packard, age 30, lived with her parents (Joseph S. and Adelaide, both age 55) and sister (Mildred A., age 27) at 3424 Bedford Avenue. Beatrice was a clerk, law. Joseph was an engraver for a manufacturer. Mildred was a stenographer, Engraving.
According to http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com, the 25 June 1934 Brooklyn Eagle contains an article listing Mildred A. Packard as graduating from Manual Training High School.
According to www.italiangen.org, Beatrice E. Packard married John A. Rullo on 20 February 1935 in Kings County.
According to www.italiangen.org, Mildred A. Packard married Harold P. Bridener on 5 December 1936 in Kings County.
According to www.italiangen.org, a Joseph Packard, age 69, died 8 January, 1944, in Kings County.
According to the Social Security death index (at ancestry.com), Beatrice Rullo, born 29 Nov 1899, died October 1974 in Mineola, Nassau, NY; Mildred Bridener, born 18 Nov 1902, died August 1971 in Fresno, Fresno, CA; and Harold P. Bridener, born 24 Jul 1907, died April 1989 in Fresno, Fresno, CA.

Baptism

Marriage

Married at Emmanuel Church, Brooklyn, by Wolcott W. Ellsworth, residing at 145 East 52 Street.  The witnesses were Patricia Maude Hardman and William McBride Fraser.

According to http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p240.htm#i11995:
"Rev. Wolcott Webster Ellsworth was born on 25 October 1867 at Hartford,
Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Dr. Pinckney Webster Ellsworth and Julia
Townsend Dow. Rev. Wolcott Webster Ellsworth married Leah Louise Von
Wettberg on 11 September 1895. Rev. Wolcott Webster Ellsworth died after
1940. Rev. Wolcott Webster Ellsworth lived on 16 February 1937 at New York
City, NY."
In the 1930 census, he lived at 295 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn,
with his daughter Louise. According to the Connecticut Death Index (1919-2001) at ancestry.com, he died 30 June 1949 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut.

According to http://www.dioceselongisland.org/allparish/B6Emmanuel.htm,
Emmanuel Church is at 2635 East 23rd Street, Brooklyn.

Cremation

Ashes scattered off Point Loma, San Diego, CA

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