Carrie Minnie Frances Packard was the daughter of tattooed people Frank and Annie Howard. She performed various acts with her parents and used the stage name "Ivy Howard." She died in 1923 in Providence, Rhode Island, after having been committed to an asylum for several years.
There's some evidence "Ivy" exhibited with her parents as a "spotted child" in dime museums when she was an infant" (circus & sideshows required all family members to work if they were traveling with the show). At other times, she stayed with relatives in Rhode Island, while her parents were on the road working with circuses & dime museums. When she was older, she traveled with Frank & Annie as part of the sideshow, exhibiting as a snake charmer, moss-haired girl, and coronet player.
Census records and a later death record give her name as Carrie Minnie Frances Packard. Her name was a combination of her grandmother's name and her aunt's names on Frank's side of the family. The birth record only gives a date of birth and her parent's names.
Carrie had a twin named William Henry Packard, who died as an infant.
Carrie married Timothy McManus in 1912. By 1920, she had been placed in the Dexter Asylum in Rhode Island. The 1920 census lists her as an inmate of the asylum, and states that she was "married." Her husband's WWI Draft registration also states that he was married, and that his wife was an "invalid" living in Providence, RI (He was then living in New York-1918). The Dexter Asylum served as an institution for the care of the poor, aged and mentally ill of Providence from 1828 to 1957
Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920
Name: Timothy V McManus
Spouse: Minnie C F Packard
Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1912
1919: From Rhode Island Historical Society: Dexter Asylum record:
Name: Minnie C.F. McManus
Born: Chicago
Former residence: 111 Burnside Street
Admitted: My 27, 1919
Husband: Timothy, whereabouts unknown
Insured: No
Religion: Protestant
Burial: North Burial Ground (B3018)
In case of sickness notify: Mrs. ME Mosher 61 Vineland St Annt[?]
Died: Nov 18, 1923
Undertaker: WH Graham Corp [crossed off] Barker & Holdridge
Burial provided by relatives
Note: The contact, M.E. Mosher, was Minnie E. Packard Mosher, Ivy's aunt, sister of her father.
1923 Nov 19 Providence Journal
McManus-In this city, on Nov 18th. Minnie (Packard) McManus, daughter of Franklin Howard and the late Annie (Morrison) Packard. Funeral from parlors of Barber-Holdredge Co., 72 Broad Street on Wednesday, the 21st at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Boston and New York papers please copy.
Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
Name: Minnie Carrie Frances Mcmanus
18 Nov 1923
Death Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 40
Birth Date: 1883
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Timothy C Mcmanus
Father's Name: Franklin H. Packard
Mother's Name: Annie J. D. Morrison
There's some evidence "Ivy" exhibited with her parents as a "spotted child" in dime museums when she was an infant" (circus & sideshows required all family members to work if they were traveling with the show). At other times, she stayed with relatives in Rhode Island, while her parents were on the road working with circuses & dime museums. When she was older, she traveled with Frank & Annie as part of the sideshow, exhibiting as a snake charmer, moss-haired girl, and coronet player.
Census records and a later death record give her name as Carrie Minnie Frances Packard. Her name was a combination of her grandmother's name and her aunt's names on Frank's side of the family. The birth record only gives a date of birth and her parent's names.
Carrie had a twin named William Henry Packard, who died as an infant.
Carrie married Timothy McManus in 1912. By 1920, she had been placed in the Dexter Asylum in Rhode Island. The 1920 census lists her as an inmate of the asylum, and states that she was "married." Her husband's WWI Draft registration also states that he was married, and that his wife was an "invalid" living in Providence, RI (He was then living in New York-1918). The Dexter Asylum served as an institution for the care of the poor, aged and mentally ill of Providence from 1828 to 1957
Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920
Name: Timothy V McManus
Spouse: Minnie C F Packard
Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1912
1919: From Rhode Island Historical Society: Dexter Asylum record:
Name: Minnie C.F. McManus
Born: Chicago
Former residence: 111 Burnside Street
Admitted: My 27, 1919
Husband: Timothy, whereabouts unknown
Insured: No
Religion: Protestant
Burial: North Burial Ground (B3018)
In case of sickness notify: Mrs. ME Mosher 61 Vineland St Annt[?]
Died: Nov 18, 1923
Undertaker: WH Graham Corp [crossed off] Barker & Holdridge
Burial provided by relatives
Note: The contact, M.E. Mosher, was Minnie E. Packard Mosher, Ivy's aunt, sister of her father.
1923 Nov 19 Providence Journal
McManus-In this city, on Nov 18th. Minnie (Packard) McManus, daughter of Franklin Howard and the late Annie (Morrison) Packard. Funeral from parlors of Barber-Holdredge Co., 72 Broad Street on Wednesday, the 21st at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Boston and New York papers please copy.
Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
Name: Minnie Carrie Frances Mcmanus
18 Nov 1923
Death Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 40
Birth Date: 1883
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Timothy C Mcmanus
Father's Name: Franklin H. Packard
Mother's Name: Annie J. D. Morrison
Carrie Minnie Frances Packard was the daughter of tattooed people Frank and Annie Howard. She performed various acts with her parents and used the stage name "Ivy Howard." She died in 1923 in Providence, Rhode Island, after having been committed to an asylum for several years.
There's some evidence "Ivy" exhibited with her parents as a "spotted child" in dime museums when she was an infant" (circus & sideshows required all family members to work if they were traveling with the show). At other times, she stayed with relatives in Rhode Island, while her parents were on the road working with circuses & dime museums. When she was older, she traveled with Frank & Annie as part of the sideshow, exhibiting as a snake charmer, moss-haired girl, and coronet player.
Census records and a later death record give her name as Carrie Minnie Frances Packard. Her name was a combination of her grandmother's name and her aunt's names on Frank's side of the family. The birth record only gives a date of birth and her parent's names.
Carrie had a twin named William Henry Packard, who died as an infant.
Carrie married Timothy McManus in 1912. By 1920, she had been placed in the Dexter Asylum in Rhode Island. The 1920 census lists her as an inmate of the asylum, and states that she was "married." Her husband's WWI Draft registration also states that he was married, and that his wife was an "invalid" living in Providence, RI (He was then living in New York-1918). The Dexter Asylum served as an institution for the care of the poor, aged and mentally ill of Providence from 1828 to 1957
Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920
Name: Timothy V McManus
Spouse: Minnie C F Packard
Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1912
1919: From Rhode Island Historical Society: Dexter Asylum record:
Name: Minnie C.F. McManus
Born: Chicago
Former residence: 111 Burnside Street
Admitted: My 27, 1919
Husband: Timothy, whereabouts unknown
Insured: No
Religion: Protestant
Burial: North Burial Ground (B3018)
In case of sickness notify: Mrs. ME Mosher 61 Vineland St Annt[?]
Died: Nov 18, 1923
Undertaker: WH Graham Corp [crossed off] Barker & Holdridge
Burial provided by relatives
Note: The contact, M.E. Mosher, was Minnie E. Packard Mosher, Ivy's aunt, sister of her father.
1923 Nov 19 Providence Journal
McManus-In this city, on Nov 18th. Minnie (Packard) McManus, daughter of Franklin Howard and the late Annie (Morrison) Packard. Funeral from parlors of Barber-Holdredge Co., 72 Broad Street on Wednesday, the 21st at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Boston and New York papers please copy.
Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
Name: Minnie Carrie Frances Mcmanus
18 Nov 1923
Death Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 40
Birth Date: 1883
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Timothy C Mcmanus
Father's Name: Franklin H. Packard
Mother's Name: Annie J. D. Morrison
There's some evidence "Ivy" exhibited with her parents as a "spotted child" in dime museums when she was an infant" (circus & sideshows required all family members to work if they were traveling with the show). At other times, she stayed with relatives in Rhode Island, while her parents were on the road working with circuses & dime museums. When she was older, she traveled with Frank & Annie as part of the sideshow, exhibiting as a snake charmer, moss-haired girl, and coronet player.
Census records and a later death record give her name as Carrie Minnie Frances Packard. Her name was a combination of her grandmother's name and her aunt's names on Frank's side of the family. The birth record only gives a date of birth and her parent's names.
Carrie had a twin named William Henry Packard, who died as an infant.
Carrie married Timothy McManus in 1912. By 1920, she had been placed in the Dexter Asylum in Rhode Island. The 1920 census lists her as an inmate of the asylum, and states that she was "married." Her husband's WWI Draft registration also states that he was married, and that his wife was an "invalid" living in Providence, RI (He was then living in New York-1918). The Dexter Asylum served as an institution for the care of the poor, aged and mentally ill of Providence from 1828 to 1957
Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920
Name: Timothy V McManus
Spouse: Minnie C F Packard
Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1912
1919: From Rhode Island Historical Society: Dexter Asylum record:
Name: Minnie C.F. McManus
Born: Chicago
Former residence: 111 Burnside Street
Admitted: My 27, 1919
Husband: Timothy, whereabouts unknown
Insured: No
Religion: Protestant
Burial: North Burial Ground (B3018)
In case of sickness notify: Mrs. ME Mosher 61 Vineland St Annt[?]
Died: Nov 18, 1923
Undertaker: WH Graham Corp [crossed off] Barker & Holdridge
Burial provided by relatives
Note: The contact, M.E. Mosher, was Minnie E. Packard Mosher, Ivy's aunt, sister of her father.
1923 Nov 19 Providence Journal
McManus-In this city, on Nov 18th. Minnie (Packard) McManus, daughter of Franklin Howard and the late Annie (Morrison) Packard. Funeral from parlors of Barber-Holdredge Co., 72 Broad Street on Wednesday, the 21st at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Boston and New York papers please copy.
Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
Name: Minnie Carrie Frances Mcmanus
18 Nov 1923
Death Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 40
Birth Date: 1883
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Timothy C Mcmanus
Father's Name: Franklin H. Packard
Mother's Name: Annie J. D. Morrison
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