Florencia R (Quenga) Lewis of TX was born on July 19, 1938 in Piti, GU Guam. She was married to Jesse Lewis on July 25, 1969 in Orange County, TX, and died at age 74 years old on May 28, 2013 in Junction City, Geary County, Kansas United States. Florencia Lewis was buried circa June 2013 at New Bern National Cemetery 1711 National Ave, in New Bern, Craven County, NC.
Wanting to look more into my father side of the family. My father was born in Louisiana on February 24, 1938 to Joe and Alma Lewis. On my father‘s birth certificate his nationality is stated as Creole. My father’s siblings names were Robert, Jimmy, Ruth and Bertha. I know they lived in orange county Texas for a while and then ended up in Los Angeles California.
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
I’m wanting to learn more about my heritage from my father side. He passed away when I was young, so I didn’t get to know or learn much about my father side of the family. I know my father was born to Joe and Alma Lewis in Louisiana. I am looking forward to diving into searching and learning more about my father’s family.
I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come.
I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.