Corporal Ray C. Whalen, Sackets Harbor, New York In this 100th year of his sacrifice, we honor Sackets Harbor’s Corporal Ray C. Whalen. Corporal Whalen was the son of Charles and Leta Clarke Whalen and brother of six. The last of Corporal Whalen’s siblings, lifelong residents of Sackets Harbor, passed…
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100 Years Ago Today
Genealogy lives in a time-free zone. Suddenly the wall between past and present collapses and the researcher and her ancestor are unexpectedly conversing. That happened to me today, May 9, 2018/1918. September 29, 2018 will be the 100th anniversary of our Uncle Ray C. Whalen’s death. That date is also…