Most of you likely know that our grandfather, Raleigh, had one full sibling, Ulysses Grant Walker. Grant lived in Indianapolis, and there does not seem to have been much contact between the two brothers. He died in 1937.
I have been working with Tom and Dale to update the family tree information, and in the process I have managed to track down descendents of Grant Walker. In particular, I spoke with Grant's grandson, Walter Draga. (That makes him our 2nd cousin) Walter lives in Florida and is my father's age.
A couple of interesting items I learned from Walter. He served as a submariner during WWII, as did his brother Gordon. Unfortunately, Gordon perished off the coast of Japan with the entire of crew of the USS Swordfish in January 1945. The second interesting item is that Walter's son, Bob Draga, is a well respected jazz clarinetist.
More to come . . .
2 comments:
Thanks Craig for all work you and Kathy are doing on this project.
Gee, that and $5 will get me a cup of coffee. Well, maybe not in New York.
Did he know anything about Cora? Which brother was the one who worked at Block Dept. store in Indy?
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