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Arnold H Ainsworth
Arnold was often called Bud or Slim!
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My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
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Arnold H Ainsworth of Troy, Rensselaer County, NY was born on January 4, 1928, and died at age 67 years old on February 5, 1995.
Lizzie Kunde
My name is Lizzie Kunde and I am the newest member of the AncientFaces Support team!
See more info about me here: Lizzie - Community Support and I look forward to getting to know our wonderful members. Feel free to reach out with any questions, happy to help :)
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
My Mom married Fred Van Vorst when I was 9 in 1965. He was fun; he could juggle extremely well, and could fish and play games and party. Right after she married him she was away one afternoon when Fred decided to surprise her by removing the training wheels off my bike and getting me riding without them. Now we lived way out in the country and we had a longish steep drive way with a drop off on one side and all kinds of rocks, stones and pebbles. I was petrified to go down that driveway without my training wheels so I refused. Fred punched me in the head and knocked me out cold. The next thing I remember was that he had dragged me in the bathroom to run ice cold water on my head to bring me back to consciousness. When I came to he had me go right back out there and get on that bike. He forced me to go down the hill without my training wheels and I made it. Well, he was thrilled and so was I and I soon put the incident out of my mind and didnt tell my Mom. As I got older I thought about telling my Mom but whenever I complained about Fred she stood up for him so I didn't bother. Fred was fun for a while as he took me fishing frequently for a couple years and we had fun together. I did notice though that he appeared to be cheating on my Mom. He became verbally abusive to me eventually and became quite mean. He would punish me for putting salt on my food by making me go to bed really early and then when my Mom went bowling he would call his girlfriend and talk to her on the phone. He made ridiculous punishments when I actually did nothing wrong so he could force me to stay in my room so he could cheat talk to his girlfriend when my Mom wasn't there. He would force me to go down into our cave like basement crawl space and spend an hour chipping away rocks with a hammer and chisel instead of letting do my home work. He called me denigrating names and forced me to get all my hair cut off when I wouldn't part my hair just right for him. My Mom told me he confessed to her that he once murdered a man and dumped his body in a dumpster and was never caught and convicted. He carried weapons and used to jump out of his car and accost irritating people at red lights when we were all stopped.
I did learn discipline from him. I learned good grooming and to take pride in my appearance. He taught me to be very tough, and carry small innocuous weapons for self defense. There was some good that came out of my relationship with Fred. He did in many ways make me a better person until he just became plain abusive.
Finally he would disappear for weeks, living with his girlfriend and my Mom threw him out and divorced him. I was beside myself with joy.
They divorced in 1971 when i was 15.
Fred Vanvorst
Fred Vanvorst
Fred J Vanvorst was born on February 12, 1924, and died at age 67 years old in December 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Fred J Vanvorst.
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2020 marks 20 years since the inception of AncientFaces. We are the same team who began this community so long ago. Over the years it feels, at least to us, that our family has expanded to include so many. Thank you!
2020 marks 20 years since the inception of AncientFaces. We are the same team who began this community so long ago. Over the years it feels, at least to us, that our family has expanded to include so many. Thank you!
