Technically, his Social Security Card said 'Gene Allan Akins', but it wasn't until I was in ninth grade that he realized that he had spelled it 'Allen' his entire life.
My father lived a majority of my life in southern California, between San Diego, Poway, and Temecula. During my childhood and high school career, he was a computer programmer for his own business, MomoTek, and he worked hard at what he did. He has two children (my brother, David; and myself, Chelsea); he had two ex-wives (Susan and Donna); and nine brothers and sisters.
His parents were E. Akins and Lorietta Langenburg (married name, not maiden).
He died too young of a MRSA infection, diabetes, and resulting complications.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...