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382k+ followers 411 favorites
03/28/2023
Memories of a brother
"Thank you, AncientFaces team -- without you, the memories would die and there would only be a simple stone in a cemetery informing the world of absolutely nothing. Thank you for the chance to give my brother a little hope for immortality in the digital age."
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382k+ followers 411 favorites
04/20/2023
Lost & Found photos reunited with family
Orphan photos from antique stores, shoeboxes & family albums without names. We rescue photos and share them in 'Lost & Found' to reunite these treasures with their families. Discover photos of family you never knew existed thanks to the kindness of strangers.
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08/07/2023
Remembered as beautiful inside & out
A beauty queen, Special Olympics volunteer, & teacher at an elementary school, her life was taken from her in 1986. Randy remembers his girlfriend Lynnie and finds sharing in some ways therapeutic. Marsha remembers Lynn as her high school friend, and Cindy remembers working with Lynn at the Seaside Pharmacy soda fountain in 1968.
AncientFaces
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08/07/2023
WW2 Moment captured on film
David shared this WW2 photo of his father and the B-17 Blue Dreams Crew. He only had his father's name, and over time 5 other men have been identified by 5 separate families. These strangers who became a band of brothers in WW2, unites their families even today.
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Esmeralda (Armendarez) Upton has lived in Dallas and Plano, Texas and she currently lives in Plano. Growing up, she attended Justin F. Kimball High School in Dallas.
A member of the Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano, Texas, she is a realtor for California Federal Bank and was married to Thomas P. Upton in 2001 in Dallas.
Stella Kathleen (Sullivan) Rademacher of East Aurora, Erie County, NY was born on March 30, 1917 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, and died at age 84 years old on June 11, 2001.
Ethel (Tuck) Cleave was born in 1895 to Thomas Tuck and Elizabeth (Haddow) Tuck, and had siblings Marion Elizabeth Hopcraft ( Tuck, John William Tuck, Thomas Tuck Jnr, Catherine Maud Derby ( Tuck, Elizabeth Pigdon ( Tuck, Harriet Colban ( Tuck, Marjorie (Tuck) Sanford, and James Tuck. Ethel Tuck married William Walter Cleave on September 7, 1921 at St. McCartan's Catholic Church, in Mornington, Victoria Australia, and they were married until Ethel's death on December 17, 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ethel (Tuck) Cleave.
Benita None Fields was born to Marjorie Erma Harris and Ben None Fields in Dallas County, Texas on November 3, 1958. Both of her parents were musicians.
Benita married Gene Calvin Arterberry on February 17, 1975 in Dallas, Texas when Benita was 16 years old. Together they had two children including a daughter named Keisha Yolan Arterberry who was born on April 20, 1975 in Dallas, Texas. The couple later divorced on February 14, 1989 also in Dallas County, Texas.
Sadly, Benita's daughter, Keisha, passed just a few months before Benita died - in September of 2023. The cause of her death hasn't been released according to the wishes of Benita's family. Her son survives.
Marjorie (Tuck) Sanford was born in 1898 to Thomas Tuck and Elizabeth (Haddow) Tuck, and had siblings Marion Elizabeth Hopcraft ( Tuck, John William Tuck, Thomas Tuck Jnr, Catherine Maud Derby ( Tuck, Elizabeth Pigdon ( Tuck, Harriet Colban ( Tuck, James Tuck, and Ethel (Tuck) Cleave. Marjorie Sanford died at age 48 years old on March 31, 1947 in Flinders, Mornington Peninsula Shire County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marjorie (Tuck) Sanford .
Thomas Tuck was born in 1842 to Henry Tuck Snr and Catherine Falvey, and had siblings Henry Tuck, Mary Stonner ( Tuck, and Samuel Tuck. He was in a relationship with Elizabeth (Haddow) Tuck, and had children Marion Elizabeth Hopcraft ( Tuck, Catherine Maud Derby ( Tuck, Elizabeth Pigdon ( Tuck, Harriet Colban ( Tuck, Marjorie (Tuck) Sanford, Thomas Tuck Jnr, John William Tuck, James Tuck, and Ethel (Tuck) Cleave. Thomas Tuck died at age 74 years old on November 14, 1917 in Flinders, Mornington Peninsula Shire County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas Tuck.
Elizabeth (Haddow) Tuck was born in 1857. She was in a relationship with Thomas Tuck, and had children Marion Elizabeth Hopcraft ( Tuck, Catherine Maud Derby ( Tuck, Elizabeth Pigdon ( Tuck, Harriet Colban ( Tuck, Marjorie (Tuck) Sanford, Thomas Tuck Jnr, John William Tuck, James Tuck, and Ethel (Tuck) Cleave. Elizabeth Tuck died at age 79 years old on April 10, 1937. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Haddow) Tuck.
William Walter Cleave Jnr. was born in 1882 to William Walter Cleave and Mary Harper (Richey) Cleave, and has siblings Albert Bertram Cleave, Ida Mary (Cleave) Walton, Andrew Vivian Cleave, Eva Ada (Cleave) Tuck, Charles Harper Cleave, Victor Cleave, Emma Cleave, and Theodore Ernest Cleave. William Cleave married Ethel Cleave on September 7, 1921 at St. McCartan's Catholic Church, in Mornington, Victoria Australia, and they were married until death separated them. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Walter Cleave.
Charles Harper Cleave was born in 1894 to William Walter Cleave and Mary Harper (Richey) Cleave, and had siblings Albert Bertram Cleave, William Walter Cleave, Ida Mary (Cleave) Walton, Andrew Vivian Cleave, Eva Ada (Cleave) Tuck, Victor Cleave, Emma Cleave, and Theodore Ernest Cleave. He married Ethel Margaret Harper (Halford) Cleave in 1919 in Saint Pancras, Greater London County, England United Kingdom, and they were married until death separated them. Charles Cleave died at age 53 years old on January 10, 1948 in Drouin, Baw Baw Shire County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Drouin Cemetery, 81 Weerong Rd, in Drouin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Harper Cleave.
Madge Lucille (Smith) Kirkpatrick was born on June 8, 1935 in Sistersville, West Virginia United States, and died at age 76 years old on December 8, 2011 at Home, in Canton, OH. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Madge (Smith) Kirkpatrick.
Mary Harper (Richey) Cleave was born in August 1856 to Andrew Richey and Catherine Harper (Boal) Richey, and had siblings Adam Richey, Charles James Richey, John Richey, Andrew Richey, and William Richey. She married William Walter Cleave on March 21, 1881, and they were married until death separated them. She had children William Walter Cleave, Ida Mary (Cleave) Walton, Andrew Vivian Cleave, Albert Bertram Cleave, Eva Ada (Cleave) Tuck, Charles Harper Cleave, Theodore Ernest Cleave, Victor Cleave, and Emma Cleave. Mary Cleave died at age 87 years old on November 6, 1943 in Black Rock, Bayside City County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Harper (Richey) Cleave.
Magdalena (Dragon) Krawciw of Luther, Lake County, MI was born on October 7, 1906 in Austria, and died at age 90 years old on December 17, 1996 in Cadillac, Wexford County. Magdalena Krawciw was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Cadillac.
Gregory A E Owens SM3 was born on March 18, 1967, and died at age 24 years old on July 17, 1991. Gregory Owens was buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
Section 9-B Site 815 Rr2, Box 484 - Indiantown Gap Road, in Annville, Pa.
Ethel Margaret (Halford) Cleave of Carrum, City of Kingston County, VIC Australia was born in 1887 in Dulwich, Greater London County, England United Kingdom to Benjamin Halford and Elizabeth Halford. She had siblings Dorothy Halford and Frederick Halford. She married Charles Harper Cleave in 1919 in Saint Pancras, Greater London County, and they were married until death separated them. Ethel Cleave died at age 97 years old on June 23, 1985 in Carrum, City of Kingston County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, 600 Princes Hwy, in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County.
Melfred Eldon Elkins was born to Aubrey Murphy Elkins (1919 - 1971) and Sybil Eunice Carter. His father was born in Texas. Melfred had one sister, Trina and one brother, Randy.
He was a veteran of the United States Army who served in Vietnam.
Melfred Elkins married Sylvia A. (Smetana) Elkins (1953 - 2011) on December 31, 2001 in Harris County, Texas.
Judith Ann Cassmore of Vallejo, Solano County, California was born on March 27, 1942 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, and died at age 67 years old on March 21, 2010 in Vallejo, Solano County.
Harold Robert Gorski of La Salle, La Salle County, Illinois was born on October 17, 1909 in La Salle, LaSalle County, and died at age 67 years old on May 27, 1977 in LaSalle Township. Harold Gorski was buried at St Vincent's Cemetery in La Salle.
Rufus J Turner of Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas was born on March 7, 1912, and died at age 62 years old in May 1974.
Louise (Johnston) Smenos of 310 La Playa Pl, in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama United States was born on December 3, 1895 in GA, and was the mother of Russel L Smenos and Robert James Smenos. Louise Smenos died at age 84 years old in October 1980 in Birmingham, AL.
