Archer Family History & Genealogy

Homer A Archer of Hammonton, Atlantic County, NJ was born on December 25, 1937, and died at age 63 years old on April 26, 2001.

Professional Football Player. He played at the position of Defensive Tackle for three seasons (1976 to 1978), in the National Football League (or NFL), with the New York Giants. He was born as James Troyce Archer in Gardena, California, to James Floyd Archer (1926-2017), and his wife Johnnie Marie Williams Archer (1929-2018), on January 16, 1955. He was educated locally and began playing football as a child. When he was six years old his father altered his birth certificate to show that he was eight years old. He attended California High School in Whittier, California, where he excelled in sports including football although he was shorter in stature than most of the other professional football players. Following his high school education and graduation, he attended the prestigious Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California, and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, where he played college football, having grown significantly by this time. While playing college football at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, he was noticed for his talents and was picked in Round 1/Pick 13 of the NFL Draft by the New York Giants in 1976. During his three seasons with the New York Giants, he was coached by Bill Amsparger and John McVay and played with the likes of Craig Morton, Norm Snead, Doug Kotar, Larry Csonka, Marsh White, Gordon Bell, Larry Watkins, Ray Rhodes, Walker Gillette, Steve Crosby, Larry Mallory, Bob Tucker, Jim Robinson, Ed Marshall, Willie Spencer, Emory Moorehead, Ralph Hill, Andy Selfridge, Brian Kelley, Beasley Reece, Al Dixon, Rondy Colbert, Jim Stienke, Bobby Hammond, George Martin, Harry Carson, Dave Jennings, Joe Danelo, Joe Pisarcik, Bill Bryant, Gary Jeter, Dan Lloyd, J.T. Turner, Doug Van Horn, Karl Chandler, Jerry Golsteyn, John Hicks, Ron Mikolajczyk, Jim Pietrzak, Brian Kelley, Ernie Jones, Brad Van Pelt, Clyde Powers, Jack Gregory, John Mendenhall, Dave Gallagher, Pat Hughes, Rick Volk, Brad Cousins, Billy Taylor, Dan Doornink, Ernst Pough, Johnny Perkins, James Thompson, Terry Jackson, John Skoupan, Maurice Tyler, Frank Marion, Odis McKinney, and Gary Shirk. During the course of his professional football career with the New York Rangers his National Football League (or NFL), stats consisted of playing in 38 NFL games, he had 29 Games Started, he had 5 Fumbles Recovered, he had 22 Yards Recovered Fumbles Were Returned, he had 1 Touchdown, his Approximate Value was 17, and his sacks were 16.5. His promising football career was tragically cut short when he was killed in an automobile accident during training camp in North Bergen, New Jersey, on June 22, 1979, at the age of 24. A memorial service was held at the Rieman Funeral Home in Union City, New Jersey, and funeral services were held in Whittier, California, and he was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. At the time of his death, he was living in Guttenberg, New Jersey. He had no children, but he had a niece named Stephanie, and a nephew named Matthew, who were both born twelve hours apart.

Phyllis Olive Adeline (Elderfield) Archer of Chewton Australia was born circa 1903 in Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire County, VIC, and died at age 69 years old on August 15, 1973 in Castlemaine.

Anson Archer was born to Patricia Archer and John Archer, and has siblings Aimee Stamm, Jason Archer, and Jeremiah Archer. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anson Archer.

Alice Maye (Archer) Reed was born on March 1, 1910 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa United States. Alice Reed was married to Roland Reed on March 1, 1930 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and died at age 82 years old on August 23, 1992 in Riverside, Riverside County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alice Maye (Archer) Reed.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jason Archer.

Philip Archer was born on May 5, 1725 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland United Kingdom, and died at age 72 years old on February 24, 1798 in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Philip Archer.

Freda (Archer) Ashley was born on March 26, 1766 in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia United States, and died at age 61 years old on September 8, 1827 in Spotsylvania Courthouse. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Freda (Archer) Ashley.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edgar Harley Leslie Archer.

John Archer of Heidelberg Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Archer.

Madonna (Archer) Powers was born on June 22, 1958, and had siblings Winfield Archer and Lisa Jeffries. Madonna Powers died at age 65 years old on April 18, 2024 in New York, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Madonna Powers.

Charline A. (Pratt (Archer)) Valladao of Susanville, California United States was born on April 7, 1937 to Charlotte Marie Pratt and Grant Pratt. She was in a relationship with Jack Douglas Archer, and had children Carie Ann (Pratt-Archer) Bollinger, Dawn Marie (Archer), and Steven G. Archer. Charline Valladao died at age 83 years old on January 11, 2021.

Dawn Marie (Archer) McCurdy of Aumsville, Oregon United States was born on May 14, 1959 in CA to Charline A. Pratt and Jack Douglas Archer. Dawn McCurdy has siblings Steven G. Archer and Carie Ann (Pratt-Archer) Bollinger. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dawn Marie (Archer).

Harold Fredrick Archer was born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harold Fredrick Archer.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeremiah Archer.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roma Jean Lorraine Archer.

Gemma (Hennessey) Archer was born on January 9, 1745 in Limerick, LK Ireland, and died at age 53 years old on October 27, 1798 in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gemma (Hennessey) Archer.

Pamela Ann (Davy) Archer was born in 1933, and died at age 84 years old on June 3, 2018 in Hobart, TAS Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Pamela Ann (Davy) Archer.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gina Archer.

John Archer of Australia was married to Emma May Albone in 1919. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Archer.