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Hi Daniel,
Yes, those PACKER's are familiar to me. Your John is in my tree, he was my 1st cousin 3 times removed! His parents were William Daniel PACKER and Sophia EMMERSON. I have his birth date as 18 Oct 1804 in Sandwich.
The Faversham and Sittingbourne PACKERS are my direct line.
John PACKER bap.1755 in Ash,next Sandwich was a basketmaker
(The 1790 Poll Book of Kent (Faversham) mentioned John Packer was a house and land owner.)
His son, also John PACKER b. in Faversham in 1785 moved to Sittingbourne and opened basket works. First in Crown Quay Lane, then in Bell Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent in 1812. He was my 4xgr.grandfather. John's son Charles Arthur continued the business and then passed it on to his son
Herbert who together with his brothers Charles and Frank set up a Basket Making business in Bell Road Sittingbourne, Numbers 19/21. It was called Packer Bros. Eventually Herbert took it over and at his death his son George ran it though he was not a basket maker. After George died the business was sold; later it was sold again and the building demolished to make way for a car park.
George was my grandfather, my Mother's Dad. I have photographs of the shop. Look forward to hearing from others connected to the basketmaking PACKERS.
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