Ruud children
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Ruud children
Updated Jun 26, 2025
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Donna Whitewinters
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08/10/2019
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AncientFaces
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12/05/2019
Found in a bunch of discarded photos? Maybe it's the time of year, but we love this photo of cute children with a toy.
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I think it is so sad people just get rid of the old wonderful pictures. It's a shame...
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It could have been in a auction or a storage where a stranger purchased items but had no use for the photos.
The family could be looking for them or not know they exist
The family could be looking for them or not know they exist
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Curious what the pillow says behind the baby?
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Angela Svirbely all I can see is: Wherever It Is, Land or Sea. I feel like that’s a saying or something poetic I’ve heard at some point. Good catch! I didn’t see that the pillow had words til I read your comment
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Martha Olguin looks so beautiful!!! Thank you!!
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I wish more people would upload pictures with names, such as this to ancestry websites. Even if you dont know the family, maybe you can make a guess to where the photo was taken. I have found some amazing photographs of my ancestors because some kind hearted person took the time to do that and find approximate birthdates. Photos that could be lost to time or thrown away, found by a stranger who took the time to realize that someone might want to see them.
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That's why we created Ancientfaces 20 years ago!! This photo is from our website - a kind person who rescues photos and tries to reunite them with family.
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Beautiful photo! I agree, how could anyone throw away such a beautiful historical photo!
Ree Young
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12/05/2019
Often adult children or grandchildren or nieces, nephews, etc. will get rid of old photos because they don't know the people in them. Some folks don't care about who their ancestors were and others do... the same way some students are fascinated by history course and others prefer other topics.
In college, almost every elective I took for my BA and MA was a history course of some sort even though my majors were English and Humanities and my minor was Anthropology. I love anything historical! But not everyone does.
In college, almost every elective I took for my BA and MA was a history course of some sort even though my majors were English and Humanities and my minor was Anthropology. I love anything historical! But not everyone does.
Ree Young
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12/05/2019
Someone forgot to tell that baby not to smile!☺️
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The problem with pictures is most of them have no information on the back of the photo, no name, location or the relationship of the subject. The younger generation don't know who the people are so there's no reason to keep them. I have lots of pictures of people and don't know who they are. Friends or family? One thing I do know: my family knew who they are so I will never throw them away!
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I know I lost a lot of our photos, just by not sticking around home, and when our parents' stuff was gone through after they were gone, I couldn't be there to see or save them. I remember some, very clearly, and would have loved to have been able to keep them, but life happens. If a photo means nothing to someone, they have no reason to keep pieces of paper cluttering the place. 😕😐
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Donna Whitewinters
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Dennis Crotts
I was born in Charlotte, NC in 1955 at the Church A God Campground my father was a ordain and Church of God Circuit minster for the Blue Ridge Mountains and the coast of North Carolina. I was mostly raised by my brother and his wife till I was 5 years old and my father took myself and my sister to Fame, Mississippi to be the local pastor of the church. From 1960 to 1970 we made few trips back to to North Carolina in 1970 due to my father ill health we moved back to Cooleemee, NC and I met my aunts and uncles on both side of the family for the first time. My father passed in 1979 and I moved to California and my mother passed in 2010. My brother and his family still live in Cooleemee, NC and my sister lives in Mississippi not sure were. Since the passing of my father my brother, sister and I do not speak or visit anymore and I now live in Utah.
From 1976 to the 1977 I was in the US Air Force stationed in Biloxi, MS and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX and was Honorable Discharged after the Vietnam War ended. Was married for a short time and now single with no family of my own.
My parents were Wade Hamilton Crotts and Minnie Sue (Waller) Crotts, have a a brother Wade Elmer Crotts and a sister Darlene (Crotts) Avent. The Crotts and Waller families were mainly from Woodleaf, Cooleemee, Mocksville, Cleveland and Salisbury, NC area. Since I do not remember my grandparents from either side of the family I am not sure were originally they were from have heard rumors Scotland and Ireland not sure of date. All my Aunts and Uncles I knew were land holders, farmers and one owned a dairy outside of Cooleemee and today most of that land is not farmed anymore and the Crotts and Waller families have most passed away. The last time I was there was in 2010 for a few months everyone and everything I once knew and loved about that area was gone.
My parents were Wade Hamilton Crotts and Minnie Sue (Waller) Crotts, have a a brother Wade Elmer Crotts and a sister Darlene (Crotts) Avent. The Crotts and Waller families were mainly from Woodleaf, Cooleemee, Mocksville, Cleveland and Salisbury, NC area. Since I do not remember my grandparents from either side of the family I am not sure were originally they were from have heard rumors Scotland and Ireland not sure of date. All my Aunts and Uncles I knew were land holders, farmers and one owned a dairy outside of Cooleemee and today most of that land is not farmed anymore and the Crotts and Waller families have most passed away. The last time I was there was in 2010 for a few months everyone and everything I once knew and loved about that area was gone.
Carol Lanza
I love researching my family and the main names I'm searching for in my family are: Taylor/Horner/Sims/Baker/Dennis/Fife/
White/Miller/Jackson/Essick/Todd/Romine
& Perrin
In my husband's family: Lanza/Meier/
Cassel/Noland/Thompson/Payne/Rees/
Marheine/Falikowski/Mohrhoff/Johnson
Gurecio/Gustafson/Thom
Areas are: Ireland/Germany/England to:
PA-OH-Wis-Iowa
Patricia Harmon
I am researching the Harmon and Markwell families of Fleming County, Kentucky.
Barbara O'Neil
Mystery woman - possibly Eleanor GALLAGHER - nee BENT
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