Thursday, January 2, 2020

Now, for my Granath cousins.  A little further back for today's post. This is Pappy (Walter Edward Granath)'s WW1 draft registration card. June 2, 1917. Two interesting facts. He put his birthdate as 1892, when I'm fairly certain it was 1891 (maybe he was supposed to register before turning 25, so he 'miswrote' it? very commonly done!!!) and also, they were about 4 months pregnant with Ruby. Another thing that I know. His oldest brother, John Preston Granath, was unsure of his own birth year, as he says on an oral history tape, "I was there, but I don't remember the exact year, ya know!"


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